Born in Munich, he first studied economics and graduated in business administration at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in 1995. As he was involved with the stock market at a very early stage, he now has more than 30 years of experience in the capital markets. In the historic dot.com year 2000, he trained as a CEFA analyst in Frankfurt and has since then accompanied over 20 IPOs in Germany.
Until 2018, he held various positions at banks as an asset manager, capital market and macro expert as well as fundamental equity analyst. He is passionate about the energy, commodity and technology markets as well as the tactical and strategic asset allocation of liquid investment products. As an expert speaker at investment committee meetings of funds as well as at customer events, he can still describe the course of the 1987 crash, one of the major buying opportunities of the last 33 years on the stock market.
Today, he knows that the profit in shares is not necessarily the result of buying cheaply, but above all of avoiding mistakes and recognizing in good time when markets are ready to let air out. After all, in addition to basic fundamental analysis, investing in stocks is above all a phenomenon of global liquidity and this must be monitored regularly.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 22nd, 2020 | 08:52 CET
GS Holdings Ltd., Beyond Meat, Altria, HelloFresh - Eat, Drink and Smoke at Home!
The world goes directly into Lockdown - it does not pass go or collect EUR 8,000. Loosely based on the parlour game, Monopoly, we are living quietly in a family-like community towards the turn of the year, while the stock market is experiencing new highs as well as violent turbulence. Neither the bullish moves nor the corrections are continuous. They are very selective and momentum-driven. Some standard stocks hang at 3-year lows other so-called pandemic winners go through the roof as if they could increase their profits tenfold in this environment. That's the way it is at the end of 2020, and January will probably follow this scenario seamlessly. Nothing is certain as the infection rate is developing alarmingly.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 21st, 2020 | 09:05 CET
Rio Tinto, Glencore, Almonty Industries - commodities on the upswing
WTI oil futures settled above USD 49 per barrel on Friday for the first time in almost 10 months. Brent futures also reached an 8-month high of USD 52 per barrel. Such oil prices have not been seen since late February, with other commodities also moving higher. The prospect of a Covid-19 relief deal in Congress that will provide an additional USD 900 billion to the US economy has rekindled hopes that the rapid distribution of vaccines will get people back on track and encourage travel and long-term consumption decisions. The demand for commodities of all kinds could therefore increase rapidly again, and in parallel, the industrial figures and also the entire commodity market should be able to recover further. OPEC agreed earlier this month to gradually increase oil production by 500,000 bpd starting in January. A good sign.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 17th, 2020 | 09:46 CET
Saturn Oil & Gas, BP, Royal Dutch Shell: Now the right oil stock!
The stock market is like a pendulum that swings back and forth. The year 2020 was undoubtedly the year of electromobility - just one look at Tesla with its USD 600 billion capitalization is enough - and a year for the "hype topic" hydrogen, which though still needs at least 3 years of research and development for series production. Both are much-discussed alternatives to oil and other fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this comparison is somewhat misleading, as significant amounts of oil and coal are still used to generate both electricity and hydrogen. The drivers of electric vehicles like to pat themselves on the back because of their political compensation. Still, there is now a consensus in the research community that electric propulsion systems on a broad scale can in no way be described as a solution for sustainable economic activity. On the government side, of course, there are great tax incentives that probably reflect the intrinsic motivation of the e-belief community to a huge extent. However, if the battery goes on strike in the winter, fortunately, you still have the V8 in the private garage.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 16th, 2020 | 10:33 CET
DOW, Henkel, Royal Helium - Chemistry learns sustainability
The chemical sector is entering a new era. Value chains are being reshaped as sustainability, along with economic and geopolitical shifts, new technologies, and changing consumer demands challenge the bottom line and future profitability of companies. Covid-19 has led to even greater complexity and caused significant shifts in supply and demand. However, sustainability factors and ESG criteria also offer growth and differentiation opportunities for companies that redefine their value chains and business models, adapt to the circular economy, seize the opportunities of digital technology, and upskill their employees to the best of their abilities.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 15th, 2020 | 15:27 CET
dynaCERT, NEL, Plug Power - Who is working for climate targets?
The goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030 is Germany's contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement. The aim is to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius by the end of this century - if possible, even to 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve this, emissions of greenhouse gases, i.e., primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), must fall significantly. So far, Germany is among the pioneers, having reduced emissions by around 31% between 1990 and 2018. A good start, but it is still far from enough. With Brazil, Australia and the USA, the leaders of significant countries, unfortunately, gave the rest of the world the cold shoulder. But the engineers of future technology do not care about the pronouncements from politics. They continue to research, for example, in Canada, Scandinavia and the USA - because the essential course settings happen now or never!
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 14th, 2020 | 13:11 CET
Airbnb, technotrans, Focus Mining - Focused into the New Year!
The lockdown is now a done deal. Until January 10, almost nothing will move in Germany. The stock exchanges, however, developed in the last days of the year again really dynamically - although not the lame DAX - it is the siblings MDAX and SDAX, which defined new highs with 29,802 and 14,129 points. The wave of issuances on NASDAQ is also flushing more money than ever into the coffers of the all-time favourite stocks. Tesla, for example, recently raised USD 5 billion, food delivery Company DoorDash collected USD 3.4 billion and Airbnb came in at a whopping USD 3.5 billion. Who would have thought it - you get the impression investors' money needs to get out? Bitcoin has also turned around at USD 17,800 and is now trading at USD 19,400. Price fireworks greet us daily!
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 14th, 2020 | 12:22 CET
Delivery Hero, DoorDash, wallstreet:online, Alibaba: Where profits now beckon
While Germany is back in lockdown mode, speculative investors are traditionally scuffling their feet between the current and new year. Thin turnover provides fertile ground for one or two holiday gambles - this is likely to remain the case even during the crisis. Even if it currently looks like the overall market is running out of steam a bit as the year draws to a close, there are still stocks with great potential. One classic lockdown stock is Delivery Hero. In the past year alone, the value has increased by almost 120%. But what are the chances today?
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 10th, 2020 | 10:59 CET
AdTiger, Formycon, CureVac - Brilliant to the finish line!
It seems strange that a single company should be worth as much as all its colleagues in the industry put together. There is no such thing - there is! Yesterday, Tesla had a valuation of USD 625 billion at the start of the stock market - that's more than all other car manufacturers put together. Of course, Elon Musk's creature has not been a pure car manufacturer for a long time. Tesla is a high-tech Company, led by a visionary who brings a new great idea from his inner design studio to the light of day every few weeks. With his visions about essential facts of the human future, he is as creative as Karl Lagerfeld and as crazy as Jean-Paul Gaultier. But everyone is looking for the favor of their customers and genius is what we urgently need in a pandemic environment.
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 9th, 2020 | 10:37 CET
Berkshire Hathaway, Coca-Cola, Blackrock Gold - a long runner in the Advent season
The point is this: Even before the pandemic, a market correction was more than likely. Global debt once again reached a dangerous fever level. Then, of course, came the pandemic, which turned everything upside down and accelerated the debt wheel once again. But that was then, and this is now. The problems from before the March crash are still there, and in some cases, they have even intensified. Between January and September of this year, world debt has increased by another USD 15 trillion. Economists estimate that by the end of this year alone, global debt will have risen to USD 277 trillion. This liquidity will flow into the structural aid that has been promised, but above all into the financial markets, which are floating in orbit given weak economic figures. In the meantime, the pandemic continues to spread around the world, and the prospect of a rapid vaccination of 8 billion people or increasing herd immunity alone remains a hope for the quiet days, which will carry a very special sensuality this year because the future of humanity is at stake! Another year like 2020 - we don’t need that!
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Commented by André Will-Laudien on December 8th, 2020 | 08:59 CET
Cisco Systems, BASF, Defense Metals - Everyone is extremely important!
Current advances in technology are changing the industry forever. It is the data worlds that play an increasingly important role in all stages of the production process today due to their availability and analytical capabilities. They make operational activities more transparent and much easier to control. Production data is automatically matched with supply chains and the resulting end products. In this context, digitization has a healing and destructive component. Healing, because the understanding of the process is getting better and better, and all eventualities can be mapped. Destructive, because it has a damaging effect on routine activities that were historically performed by a large number of people and will be increasingly dispensable in the future. In the field of cybersecurity, numerous investigations are conducted, thousands of vulnerabilities are identified, and forensic tools are developed to help protect corporate assets. A new era has begun - complete transparency is the order of the day!
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