The year 2023 was not a joyous one for investors. Most recently, the Swiss share index SMI was barely above the level of the crisis-plagued year of 2022. What’s going on?
Sacha Marienberg says the weak performance is primarily due to special factors. The SMI is currently being weighed down by price drops at Nestlé and Roche. Without these two stocks, the SMI would be up significantly. In general, it was not a bad year for global equity markets.
So there’s no reason to be put off investing in the stock market?
No. If you want to build up long-term assets, you should definitely invest in…