The EU is introducing new rules for corporate climate accounting. But the benefits are questionable.

Although the German stock market has created 1.7 trillion euros in value for investors over the past 20 years, only a few stocks account for the largest share.

The ESG taxonomy favors assets that are intended to be sustainable. However, investments in green energy compa-nies perform poorly against the traditional oil and gas industry. Why this is so.

Inflation is currently weighing heavily on companies' profit expectations. A look back to the 1970s helps to understand which companies came through the inflation phases well at that time.

Prices are rising everywhere. This could be poison for the stock market if companies do not succeed in passing on price increases. How successful the companies have been so far.

The turnaround in interest rates also has its good sides. For example, companies with high pension provisions are seeing a sudden improvement in key balance sheet and share ratios.