Mercedes remains a luxury stock – and is still available at a discount price

Some stars earn more after their death than most people do during their lifetime. Forbes has identified the highest-earning deceased celebrities for 2025 — and the amounts are astronomical.

A report about possible US talks with Moscow is enough to shake up the defense industry. Yet behind the daily noise lies a market that depends on entirely different forces.

A new industry study shows: Germany's car manufacturers are at risk of falling behind in autonomous driving. Although Mercedes-Benz and BMW still lead the field in highly automated Level 3 driving, manufacturers from China are rapidly expanding their lead in other key areas.

At the Dubai Airshow, large orders are pouring in, and airlines are purchasing at record speed. Only on the stock market, the jubilation does not quite ignite.

Severe price declines like those at the beginning of the week immediately evoke memories of overheated markets. Recently, ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos also warned of setbacks triggered by highly valued US tech stocks and the AI boom. However, high valuations alone are not a reliable early indicator of a trend reversal, as market observers like Carsten Klude from M.M. Warburg remind us.

A strong nine-month result allows the Vienna Insurance Group to look more optimistically at the full year.

With a single word, the Dresden Higher Regional Court sparks a debate that has accompanied insurance brokers for years: "independent." Those who receive commissions may not call themselves that, the judges decided, thus questioning the common advertising practice of many intermediaries. The industry reacts indignantly.