Carsten Mainitz
The native Rhineland-Palatinate has been a passionate market participant for more than 25 years. After studying business administration in Mannheim, he worked as a journalist, in equity sales and many years in equity research.
Most recently, he headed a Hamburg-based investment research company as a member of the board for 8 years.
He is particularly interested in international small and micro caps and empirical capital market research (behavioral finance).
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 17th, 2022 | 13:22 CET
Allkem, Kodiak Copper, BHP - Profiteers of high commodity prices!
The growth of electromobility will cause the prices of copper, lithium and other battery metals and critical raw materials to rise in the long term. Supply and demand are the determining influencing factors. Whether interest rates rise or not, whether stock markets wobble or not, the price trend will continue. Profiteers are (prospective) commodity producers.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 15th, 2022 | 13:35 CET
Almonty Industries, Mercedes-Benz Group, Varta - Highs and lows, what to do?
Without raw materials, life in many sectors of the economy comes to a standstill. The economically most important raw materials with a high supply risk are referred to as critical raw materials. The European Commission counts 30 elements in this group, including tungsten and lithium. Demand rising sharply above supply has caused prices to increase significantly for some time. Raw material producers are on the winning side. Buyers have to do their homework.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 15th, 2022 | 11:28 CET
BYD, Yorkton Ventures, Standard Lithium - Winners of the mobility revolution!
The shift from fossil fuels to battery-powered vehicles is underway, and policymakers are keeping up the pressure with targets to reduce emissions from cars by at least 55% and trucks by 30% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Demand for New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) is growing tremendously. In addition to Tesla, Chinese manufacturers such as BYD, XPeng and NIO were also able to report double-digit growth rates in the past fiscal year. The prerequisite for this trend is the procurement of the existential raw material lithium. But this is becoming increasingly scarce.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 11th, 2022 | 11:01 CET
Deutsche Bank, Hong Lai Huat, Heidelberger Druck - Things are stabilizing!
After a sharp correction, the stabilization of the stock markets - due to concerns about faster than expected interest rate increases - has been successful. The DAX was able, at least temporarily, to fend off a fall below the psychologically important 15,000 point mark. The German benchmark index is driven by banks and financial stocks, which have outperformed for weeks. There are also outliers from the second row, which could surprise positively due to the presented figures.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 10th, 2022 | 13:40 CET
Alerio Gold, Aixtron, Siltronic - The signs point to growth!
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has for some time begun to scale back bond purchases massively and will raise the key interest rate at its next meeting in March. Semiconductor manufacturers have indicated that the chip shortage will level off over the course of the year. How will these developments affect commodity prices and cryptocurrencies?
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 9th, 2022 | 14:12 CET
Nel ASA, First Hydrogen, Nordex - Hydrogen with tailwind, storm at Nordex!
Germany's path to climate neutrality is mapped out in the Climate Protection Act. With a tightening, the goal of greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 is currently being targeted. This goal is to be achieved with the help of renewable energies such as wind power and photovoltaics. The transport sector poses a particular challenge. Here, CO2 emissions have risen over the past two decades despite the development of more efficient vehicles. While batteries are likely to prevail in passenger cars, hydrogen and fuel cell technology is considered the favorite in transportation due to higher ranges and shorter refueling times.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 8th, 2022 | 13:53 CET
Peloton, Aspermont, Netflix - Sustainable digital models
The digital transformation of society and the economy started before Corona but was significantly accelerated by the pandemic. Whether across industries in business, sports or schools, digital business models are the future. If companies resist, they will likely soon be a thing of the past. On the other hand, there are winners emerging from the transformation stronger than before.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 7th, 2022 | 13:56 CET
Edison Lithium, Standard Lithium, Varta - Winners of the lithium shortage!
Electromobility is only at the beginning of enormous growth. The primary beneficiaries are companies that produce or are on the way to producing the imperative raw materials such as lithium, cobalt, copper and nickel. Demand is significantly outstripping supply, with an increasing tightening. As a result, commodity prices are rising, and so are producers' profits.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 4th, 2022 | 12:22 CET
Novavax, Cardiol, MorphoSys - Here's the second wave of Corona vaccine plays!
The number of new Corona infections reported to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) within one day has reached an all-time high. 236,120 additional cases were recorded, bringing the number of people in Germany who were confirmed to be infected with Sars-CoV-2 to 10.4 million. However, the number of unreported cases is significantly higher. Vaccine manufacturers from the early days have been able to clear the table in recent months, and now new companies such as Novavax and Valneva are entering the scene. But not all innovative approaches to fighting Corona are on the radar of investors. These are perfect conditions for a second share price wave.
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Commented by Carsten Mainitz on February 3rd, 2022 | 14:18 CET
JinkoSolar, Memiontec, Nordex - Elementary profit opportunities!
Fire, Water, Earth and Air - according to ancient teachings, these are the determining elements of our universe. The question is how we can harness them in the future without destroying ourselves in the process. On the one hand, this is about future possibilities of use, but on the other hand, it is also about the question of how we can create fair access for all people in order to avert impending distribution conflicts. Below are three companies whose profits are based on one each of these four elements.
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