The traditional growth markets of the USA and China are collapsing, Europe steps in. A new IW study shows the extent to which the weights in global trade are shifting—and why the EU is becoming the last stability anchor zone for Germany's export economy.

Gold and silver reach new historical highs. While gold rises above the $4,400 mark for the first time, silver approaches the $70 threshold. The rally is driven by geopolitical risks, central bank purchases, and changing interest rate expectations. But how sustainable is the upward trend?

The Swiss major bank UBS expects the global stock markets to be clearly shaped by artificial intelligence and technology in 2026 as well. In its latest investment outlook, the bank's asset management anticipates sustained high capital inflows into the technology sector—driven by real demand, increasing monetization, and structural productivity gains.

A years-long legal dispute with signaling effect for the U.S. corporate world has been decided: The Supreme Court of the State of Delaware has reinstated Elon Musk's multi-billion-dollar compensation package from 2018. This overturns a lower court ruling that had characterized the payment as "incomprehensible" and declared it void.

The US technology sector continues to experience a historic boom. At the center of this development is NVIDIA, whose chips have become the infrastructural backbone of the global AI expansion. However, as order intakes and profit forecasts continue to rise, there is also growing concern that the market is running too far ahead of reality.

The sale of the Munich start-up Fernride to Quantum Systems signifies more than just the end of an ambitious autonomy project. It reveals structural weaknesses in European start-up financing, misjudgments by investors, and the risks when young technology companies rely too heavily on individual major clients.

Initial public offerings exert a special fascination. New stocks promise growth, attention, and sometimes high price gains – at the same time, IPOs are among the riskiest entry points for retail investors. Those who invest before the IPO or buy directly at the start of trading should therefore know what really matters in the evaluation.