Rainer Michael Preiss

Japan, the world’s second-largest developed economy and third overall, is back on global investor’s radar.  Japanese equities are gaining more traction among global investors as a market where money is still available cheaply and asset valuations are much less expensive…

Taiwan’s trade-driven economy is expected to slow to 2.1% this year on sluggish global growth, despite a steady rise in semiconductor exports as the island continues to dominate the world’s chipmaking industry. GDP should pick up pace again next year,…

South Korea’s GDP recovered from the pandemic to expand 2.6% in 2022, faring better than most other developed economies in Asia. But the outlook is far more uncertain: Growth is expected to slow over this year and next on geopolitical…

Rainer Michael Preiss, Partner and Portfolio Strategist at Das Family Office, discusses his outlook for markets and investment strategy. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts and Kathleen Hays on “Daybreak Asia”. (Source: Bloomberg)

Kazakhstan is a country with a complex history but a strong potential for investments.  Since its independence, Kazakhstan had to manage conflicting and large and powerful neighbours like the Russian federation and the People’s republic of China while maintain excellent…

Das Family Office Partner & Portfolio Strategist Rainer Michael Preiss says he is overweight China and emerging markets, on the view that the dollar could be peaking out this year. He speaks with Yousef Gamal El-Din on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle…

As we contemplate the investment outlook for 2023, it pays to remember that market Forecasts usually tell us more of the forecaster than of the future.  As a participant in the global financial markets, it is important to recall that…

Amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, Indonesia is getting a fresh look from the global investment community. International funds have helped make the Jakarta stock market among Asia’s top performers this year. And while listing activity has been muted in 2022 overall,…

Marco polo described Sri Lanka as the best island of its size, the Arabs called it Serendib and the British, whose rule ended in 1948, simply called it Ceylon.  The 13th-century Venetian traveler Marco Polo described Sri Lanka, then known…

Polish stocks are the world’s worst performing equity market this year, highlighting Poland’s vulnerability to the war in Ukraine and Europe’s energy crisis as well as fears of more government intervention.  Poland is classified as a high-income economy by the…