Germany is one of the leading financial powerhouses in the world…
Which is a huge feat, considering that it has less than 100 million citizens and are a landlocked nation.
People often forget – that Germany is the heart (and most often the brain) of the European Union economy – and we could learn something from some of their strategies…
As its success doesn’t seem to emanate from luck – but work ethic and adherence to its strategies.
However, the Germans aren’t very forthcoming with said strategies – so, if we want to glean something from them – we need to analyze the moves they make…
And one titan of German finance just made a move that we should pay attention to…
Since it could be one of the biggest profit plays of the century.
Again, most people don’t pay attention to what happens in Germany…
Besides the American markets, most investors tend to pay attention to what happens in Japan, China, and MAYBE Britain – but somehow – many mainstream investors seem to ignore what happens in Frankfurt.
They should start paying attention, though…
Since it seems that Germany has figured out how to win at the investment game – and the latest move by one of the biggest names in the German financial industry could grab it HUGE profits and we’d be remiss to ignore it.
So…
You may be wondering who we’re talking about and exactly what Germany did in order to pique my interest in such a way…
And I’m about to tell you all about it.
Commerzbank, Germany’s second largest bank, recently bought a SLEW of shares of newly public US stocks.
Of course, this isn’t anything new – you don’t need to be a German financial wizard to want to buy stocks that just went public – for the right stock, it can be a solid strategy no matter where in the world you do your investing from.
However…
What makes these purchases so different is the fact that all the stocks in the group it bought – had a bad third quarter.
Even more…
Most of them are having a bad fourth quarter as well!
Isn’t that strange?
Commerzbank snatched up FOUR different stocks that many on Wall Street were blasé on…
Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT), Beyond Meat (BYND), and Slack Technologies (WORK) have all had it rough as of late – but that didn’t stop this bank from buying them up…
Since all of them (except Uber) are LOSING value in the fourth and final quarter.
Makes you wonder what the Germans know that we don’t.
Think about it…
UBER shares have dropped almost 35% in the 3rd quarter – a HUGE dip…
But that didn’t stop Commerzbank from DOUBLING its position – maybe its banking on the 5% spike in October as the beginning of a price run up, or maybe it believes that the stock has stabilized after California’s legislation to treat Uber drivers as employees instead of contractors…
Either way, it has doubled down on the stock.
Lyft is in the same predicament as Uber, after falling almost 38% due to those same California laws – but that didn’t stop the bank from increasing its position in the stock by more than 25%.
It also increased its position in Beyond Meat as well, by about a 1/3, even though the company behind the stock is facing issues and starting to feel the pressure of real competition in the alternative meat industry.
Slack, the cloud-based instant messaging platform, dropped almost 48% in the third quarter, and is down even more so far in the fourth quarter too…
But that didn’t stop Commerzbank buying almost $2 million worth of Slack shares.
Again…
Does it know something we don’t?
It’s worth looking into…
Maybe one or all of these stocks could fit nicely into your portfolio – as there has to be a reason that this bank just put so much money into them.
There just has to be…
Luckily, for GorillaTrades subscribers, this isn’t something they’ll have to worry about.
They just need to wait for our next email telling them which company to buy or sell. No muss, no fuss.
It makes it so easy.
You may want to think about becoming a subscriber…
It could be the very thing you need to push your investment gains to the next level.
Or, you can continue with the status quo…
Either way, you may want to do a little research on the companies Commerzbank just invested in so heavily.
It could be worth more than just a little money.
“It was the noise of ancient trees falling while all was still Before the storm, in the long interval Between the gathering clouds and that light breeze Which Germans call the Wind’s bride.” – Charles Godfrey Leland