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 ECP | Luxemburg, 26.06.2020 The current mood in the equity markets reminds us sometimes of the song by the Clash : “Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be trouble. And if I stay it will be double. So come on and let me know …”. While still down 14% since the beginning of the year as of Wednesday this week, Stoxx 600 has rallied an impressive 28% since the through on March 18th. …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 19.06.2020 We have been writing in previous morning coffees about our investment in the Swedish confectionary producer Cloetta. Cloetta has a strong portfolio of leading local brands in confectionery, chocolate products, nuts, pastilles, chewing gum and pick & mix concepts. The company produced 106,000 tonnes of candy in 2019 – our favourite sin. While the main markets are in the Nordics and in the Netherlands, some brands like Läkerol and Sportlife are well-known across Europe.

Die europäischen Aktienmärkte legten im Mai um 3 Prozent zu und erholen sich weiterhin von ihren COVID-Verlusten. Die Anleger trösten nicht nur mit den massiven nationalen und europäischen Unterstützungsplänen, sondern auch mit den Liquiditätsspritzen der EZB. Das Portfolio des ECP Flagship – European Value Fund (WKN A14YQK, ISIN LU1169207518) mit seinem Fokus auf ausgewählte europäische Value-Aktien konnte in diesem Kontext um +3,14 Prozent zulegen und entwickelte sich den zweiten Monat in Folge besser als der Gesamtmarkt. In seinem aktuellen Monatsbericht für Mai …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 29.05.2020 It may have gone unnoticed with many investors: value has actually started to perform better than growth recently. In Europe, MSCI Europe Value showed almost double the performance of MSCI Europe Growth over the last 2 weeks, that is 9.03% against 4.6%. In the US, we see the same picture with Russell Value being up 9.4% against 4.2% for Russell Growth since the 15th of May. It is clear 2 weeks of better performance for value …

Die europäischen Aktienmärkte versuchten im April parallel zu den globalen Märkten eine Preiserholung. Nach dem größten und schnellsten Kursrückgang in der Geschichte zwischen dem 19. Februar und 18. März erlebten wir eine der schnellsten Kurserholungen, die jemals gesehen wurde. Das Portfolio des ECP Flagship – European Value Fund (WKN A14YQK, ISIN LU1169207518) mit seinem Fokus auf ausgewählte europäische Value-Aktien konnte in diesem Kontext um +8,48 Prozent zulegen. In seinem aktuellen Monatsbericht für April analysiert ECP-FondsManager Léon Kirch die jüngsten Marktbewegungen und gibt Auskunft …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 22.05.2020 Value investing and Covid-19 crisis did not mix well. Value has indeed been underperforming growth going into the market correction this year, continued to underperform during the crisis and still underperformed in the subsequent rebound. This is summarized in the below graph from JPMorgan. Fortunately enough, investing is not about looking into the rear mirror. And here we remain convinced that the odds of an imminent rebound of value stocks are increasing.

 ECP | Luxemburg, 15.05.2020 As value investors, we continue to have a tough time in the stock markets. The underperformance of value stocks has reached new extremes and is now like the levels seen before the Internet bubble burst. A limited number of companies have taken the leadership and represent currently an unprecedent level of the stock market capitalization.

 ECP | Luxemburg, 08.05.2020 On the surface, market commentators may easily come to the conclusion that there is a growing gap between the real economy and the stock markets. The economic impact of the crisis is being felt more painfully day by day. Unemployment in the US is rising from 4% to 16% with more than 20 million jobs destroyed in April alone. IMF states that the global economic outlook has continued to worsen since mid-April and is now forecasting that developing …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 24.04.2020 We have been asked over the last days on how we exploit the current weakness in the oil price. For the ones believing in a swift oil price recovery, a simple and easily implementable trade is going long an oil ETF. We have two concerns with this strategy. First, as value investors we focus on earning power, namely the capacity of our investment to generate discretionary free cash flow. Unfortunately, a commodity does not generate cash flows …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 17.04.2020 The Economist run a cover last week with the title “The business of survival : How COVID-19 will reshape global commerce”. This is exactly what the managements of the companies we are invested in are doing: they make sure that their businesses survive. In a Darwinist approach of survival of the fittest, communication and public relations can sometimes become the collateral damage of this struggle. This is what happened to one of our recent additions to …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 03.04.2020 The broad market sell-off in March gave us the opportunity to enter the business of cancer treatment again. Not so long ago we sold our shares in Elekta around 135 SEK and now we had the chance to buy back the shares at prices 40-45% lower than when we sold them. This is an opportunity we only get every few years so we kept Elekta on our watchlist after we sold it in hope of getting …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 20.03.2020 As Luxembourg has gone into a complete lock-down and our Prime Minister declared the state of emergency, I wanted first to use the opportunity to wish your families and yourselves courage in this difficult situation. Personally, I take comfort in the fact that our governments have taken such steep measures to slow the outbreak. I also take comfort in the fact that I see in my surroundings a lot of solidarity, respect and sense of duty. …

 ECP | Luxemburg, 13.03.2020 Low valuation has till now not provided capital protection in the recent market turmoil, as value has done worse than growth. The MSCI Europe Value total net return index is down 25.7% from the peak of the market on February 19th up to Wednesday this week while the MSCI Europe Growth index lost “only” 20.4%. Since the beginning of the year, value underperformed growth by 9.3%! 

Das Jahr 2020 hat für europäische Aktien schwach begonnen, wobei die meisten breiten Marktindizes im Januar negative Renditen zeigten und sich unsere Strategie dem allgemeinen Markttrend nicht entziehen konnte. Zyklische Sektoren wie Finanzwerte, Energie, Rohstoffe und Nicht-Basiskonsumgüter waren die Haupttreiber für die negative Rendite. Das Portfolio des ECP Flagship – European Value Fund (WKN A14YQK, ISIN LU1169207518) mit seinem Fokus auf ausgewählte europäische Value-Aktien gab im Monatsverlauf um 3,46 Prozent nach. In seinem aktuellen Monatsbericht für Januar analysiert ECP-FondsManager Léon Kirch die jüngsten Marktbewegungen und gibt …

Der Dezember bescherte den Anlegern eine traditionelle Jahresendrally an den Aktienmärkten mit einem Anstieg der breiten Marktindizes um zwei bis drei Prozent. Valueaktien und kleine bis mittlere Unternehmen entwickelten sich etwas besser als die großen Wachstumswerte. Das Portfolio des ECP Flagship – European Value Fund (WKN A14YQK, ISIN LU1169207518) mit seinem Fokus auf ausgewählte europäische Value-Aktien konnte von dieser Entwicklung profitieren und im Monatsverlauf um 2,67 Prozent zulegen. In seinem aktuellen Monatsbericht für Dezember analysiert ECP-FondsManager Léon Kirch die jüngsten Marktbewegungen und gibt Auskunft darüber, welche Veränderungen …