A Whole Bouquet of Fears

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen

“As much as people refuse to believe it, the company you keep does have an impact and influence on your choices.”
By: unknown person

Your messages

I keep receiving messages from readers who write about their worries and fears in connection with their investments. Many are hoping for advice from me or a recommendation that I cannot give for regulatory reasons. In general, I have the feeling that there is a lot of negative news circulating and that many of our contemporaries see the glass half empty instead of half full. Therefore, I take the liberty of dedicating today’s “Stefan’s Weekly” to anxieties.

Apology

Ladies and Gentlemen, I apologise for being maybe slightly cynical in today’s “Stefan’s Weekly” edition. I do not want to offend anyone. I only hope to provoke one or the other thought. Thanks for your understanding.

Fear; a definition

Fear is a natural, powerful, and primitive human emotion. It involves a universal biochemical response and a high individual emotional response. Fear alerts us to the presence of danger or the threat of harm, whether that danger is physical or psychological (one of many definitions by psychology research).

Wallow in fear

Fear of the so-called greatest dangers seems to change in people’s perception. Either it was the effects of Covid 19 or the effects of the vaccination against Covid 19. There are fears about the strengthening of China, but also of an economic downturn in China, and fear of a banking crisis in Europe, China, the U.S., Switzerland and the entire World. About the crash of the U.S. dollar, the fear of a real estate crisis, the fear of high energy prices, the fear of climate change, the fear of people demonstrating against climate change, the fear of nuclear power plants, the fear of microplastics, of inflation, stagflation, reptiloids, Russia’s war against Ukraine, Putin and the Wagner soldiers, religious fanatics and alienation, etc.

Pick your fear

Go ahead, Ladies and Gentlemen, pick your fear or even fears. There are so many fears around. I am sure you will find the appropriate fear for yourself as there is something for pretty much everyone. But never forget, it is your choice to live in fear or to see opportunities.

The ultimate fear for market participants

To me, it seems, but then I am undoubtedly biased; the ultimate fear for anyone in the financial industry is the fear of the next stock market crash. Nevertheless, eople in the financial industry should be used to this as the fear of a stock market crash always hovers over our heads.

The next crash

Some people within the financial industry are even making lots of money with the fears of other market participants by predicting the next crash. They can only do that because an audience is willing to pay attention (and sometimes even money) to them, and you know what? Eventually, there will be financial crashes; because crashes are merely a feature of any financial market, they help to reduce exaggerations. Boom and bust cycles are nothing more than a regular part of the game. Predicting a financial crash is a bit like predicting the nightfall. There is no magic, Ladies and Gentlemen; it is part of any market’s behaviour. Markets go up and down and up again; no big deal.

Wrap-up

It is your choice to live in fear or not. If you read the quote at the beginning of today’s “Stefan’s Weekly”, it may inspire you to choose well the sources of your information. Because your environment, your newspapers, radio and tv-channels, TikTok, WhatsApp, Telegram and whatever sources have an imprinting effect on your psyche, please be aware of that and choose well by whom or by what you want to be influenced or inspired.
Ladies and Gentlemen, please share your opinion with me, but please remember (instead of hitting the reply button) to send your messages to: smk@incrementum.li.

Many thanks, indeed!

I wish you an excellent start to the day and a wonderful weekend!

Yours truly,

Stefan M. Kremeth
CEO & Head of Wealth Management
Incrementum AG – we love managing assets

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