What investors should be prepared for in the rest of the stock market year

Dusseldorf The mark of 14,000 points is still the measure of all things on the German stock market. Despite the weak specifications of the other leading stock exchanges worldwide, the Dax was up 0.5 percent on Friday morning at 13,979 points

Once again, concerns about the rate hike cycle by the central banks caused significant price declines on Wall Street, which pushed the Dax down 1.3 percent at the end of trading on Thursday.

The leading indices in Japan also fell after it was announced that inflation had picked up again in November. The last time consumer prices rose was in 1981.

Strong economic data should actually boost share prices. The opposite is currently the case: Investors fear stricter monetary policy over a longer period of time. This in turn makes it difficult to classify price movements.