2009 started as was expected: with high volatility. Especially impressive were the huge moves in currencies. The Euro has lost 10% to the Dollar and to the Yen in just a single month. As a result the American and Japanese stoslightly up in Euro, whereas the European indices fell 8%. Merclin Global Equity lost 0,94%, exactly in line with our benchmark, the MSCI-World. History has taught us that when everybody is on one side of the ship, it usually pays to be the opposite side. Today everybody is extremely careful; risk appetite is at its lowest and government bonds giving almost no return are the sexiest asset in town. Our view is that with stocks yielding much more than risk free bonds we are paid to wait. But in the meantime, we certainly feel lonely on this side. During the month we started two new positions: Apple and Heineken, continuing our policy of buying global consumer brand names at very attractive prices.
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2009 started as was expected: with high volatility. Especially impressive were the huge moves in currencies. The Euro has lost 10% to the Dollar and to the Yen in just a single month. As a result the American and Japanese stockmarkets were slightly up in Euro, whereas the European indices fell 8%. Merclin Global Equity lost 0,94%, exactly in line with our
World. History has taught us that when everybody is on one side of the ship, it usually pays to be on the opposite side. Today everybody is extremely careful; risk appetite is at its lowest and government bonds giving almost no return are the sexiest asset in town. Our view is that with stocks yielding much more than risk free bonds we are paid to
t. But in the meantime, we certainly feel lonely on this side. During the month we started two new positions: Apple and Heineken, continuing our policy of buying global consumer brand names at very attractive prices.
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CHF; 3,46%
GBP; 1,24%
Others; 1,54%
Hedge: 5% JPY and 5% USD
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JPY; 19,18%
USA; 28,06%
Switzerland; Great Britain; 2,68%
Other; 0,98%
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Switzerland; 3,86%
