Glamorous returns with luxury-goods stocks

Although the debt crisis appears to be plaguing many industrialized nations at the moment, luxury-goods manufacturers are registering record profits. The companies behind the prestigious brands shine with sound balance sheets, rich dividend yields and low sensitivity to economic swings.
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Copper Strategy Index

The rapid urbanization and industrialization taking place in the emerging economies presents huge potential for the red metal because buildings, water pipes, electricity grids and transportation networks are needed to cope with these developments, which are boosting demand for industrial metals and especially copper. Although huge copper deposits exist worldwide, the copper market nonetheless could become very tight in the years ahead. The Vontobel Research analysts expect copper prices to increase this year on the back of rising demand and tight supply.
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Benefit from the renminbi's strength

With its VONCERT on a CNY bond basket, Bank Vontobel for the first time is offering investors the opportunity to invest in a renminbi-denominated tracker certificate. Our research department expects the renminbi to appreciate moderately against the US dollar in 2012.
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Add Swissness to your portfolio

The debt crisis in Europe also took its toll on the Swiss stock market last year. In this tough market climate, investors are keeping an eye out for alternatives. It’s worth taking a look at Swiss stocks with inexpensive valuations and high dividend yields.
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Brazil Real Estate

Brazil’s economy and population are both on a growth path amid a prevailing housing shortage. This offers a promising situation for real-estate-related investments going forward. A VONCERT on a “Brazil Real Estate” basket enables you to participate in the performance of an equity basket composed of twelve selected publicly traded companies involved in Brazil’s growing real estate sector.
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Floored Cliquet Note on Gold in Quanto CHF

Everyone’s talking about gold these days. The weak US dollar has prompted emerging market countries and national banks to top up their gold reserves, which helped to push the price of the yellow metal to a high above USD 1,900 per ounce in September. The recent price correction now presents new entry opportunities.
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Oil-Strategy Index

As a consequence of the high level of uncertainty amongst investors due to the debt crisis in the US and Europe, oil and petrol prices have dropped. The concern over the global economy's growth slowing down has resulted in lower demand for oil. Consequently, the oil price stood at the year's low of USD 75.67 at the beginning of October. Since then, the energy commodity has again risen by 27.56% and stood at USD 96.53 towards the end of November 2011. Due to demand from emerging markets, the experts at Vontobel Asset Management expect the oil price to continue to rise slightly over the next 12 months.
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Invest in Top Ratings

Current economic and forex developments are besetting stock markets with pervasive uncertainty. At the same time, values such as enterprise soundness and stability are becoming more important again for investors. A tracker certificate on the Solactive® Top Investment-Grade Performance Index enables you to stake money on companies that present a promising outlook thanks to their established business models, robust cash flows, strong market positions and top AAA and AA+ credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
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China is laying tracks for the future

A growing middle class and increasing urbanization are placing ever greater demands on China’s transportation system. The “Middle Kingdom” is now stepping on the accelerator in its efforts to build out its rail transport infrastructure. The country is aiming to expand its high-speed railway network to a total of 25,000 km from around 13,000 km at present. Its entire track network is to be enlarged from 90,000 km today to 120,000 km, which is around three times the Earth’s circumference.
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Russian pent-up demand presents opportunities

Russia, the world’s largest petroleum producer, is back on a growth path after having undergone some turbulent times. Experts see huge economic growth potential in the “sleeping giant”, with its biggest growth drivers being rising commodity prices and increasing domestic demand.
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Strong women – strong companies

During the financial crisis it was particularly evident that companies headed by women acted with much greater risk awareness. An open-end dynamic VONCERT on the “Top Executive Women” basket gives you investment exposure to a selection of successful companies headed by top women managers.
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Fossil Energy Mix

Calls for increased use of renewable energies that present an attractive alternative to nuclear power are growing ever louder. However, many experts are of the opinion that this “clean energy” is insufficient to cover a significant percentage of the world’s primary energy requirements. Hence, atomic energy will probably tend to be substituted by traditional energy sources like coal, natural gas and petroleum in the near to medium term.
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Bank on alternative energy

A wide array of governments are likely to increasingly turn their attention back to the “alternative energy” theme in the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe in Japan. Bank Vontobel offers a range of attractive products for investors interested in “alternatives to atomic energy” as investment themes.
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Value with Turkish stocks

Among the emerging markets, Turkey has heretofore tended to receive little attention – unjustifiably so considering that in the European region, it’s mainly Turkey’s macroeconomy that stands out attractively with its robust growth, its favorable demographics and its consumer sector that is expanding in step with the country’s growing middle class. Turkey’s economy expanded by more than 8% in 2010, achieving the second-highest GDP growth rate worldwide.
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Natural gas - naturally low in harmful emissions

Natural gas is considered to be one of the major and especially one of the environmentally friendly sources of energy. Compared to heating oil, natural gas burns cleaner and releases virtually no pollutants into the atmosphere. Bank Vontobel already offers three different VONCERTs on the natural gas theme in the secondary market.
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Good prospects for the red metal

Industrial metals are in demand and are benefiting greatly from the economic upturn. Copper, in particular, is likely to achieve new record prices again in 2011 and there is still no end in sight. Even if economic growth turns out lower than expected, copper will probably suffer less than other base metals. The fundamental factors are simply too good. As an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, the red metal is used in many end products as well as in the extensive expansion of infrastructures.
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A new Generation of Commodity Investment

Investors are increasingly turning to commodities for portfolio diversification, protection against inflation and currency devalution or as a hedge against geopolitical risks. Commodities offer advantages in many respects. Commodity investors benefit , for instance, from global emerging-market megatrends such as population growth, urbanization and the rise of a new middle class. The new index familiy "J.P.Morgan Commodity Curve indices" (JPMCCI) enables investors to make transparent, diversified and physically decoupled investments in raw materials with a single transaction.
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VONCERT "Silver Mining" Basket

Silver producers are strongly expanding their extraction capacity in various regions as part of major projects. But despite the exploitation of new major deposits, demand is set to outstrip supply. Silver is no longer simply used as an inflation hedge in times of global financial crises, but also as a versatile metal in industry.
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Harvest "Dividend Pearls"

Historically low interest rates and a persistently tough market environment are prompting investors to keep a lookout for alternatives. And they are striking a bonanza with dividend stocks, which offer investors the opportunity to earn an attractive yield while profiting at the same time from share-price performance.
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China Automobile

China is experiencing a rapid process of urbanisation. The Chinese middle class is growing dynamically and incomes are rising accordingly. Demand for cars, both as a symbol of one’s economic progress and as an expression of the longing for individuality and independence, is continuing to increase. With more than 13 million cars sold in 2009, China overtook the world’s biggest car markets - the USA and Japan - for the first time. The galloping growth is not only set to boost domestic car manufacturers, but also companies along the car industry’s entire value-added chain.
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Brazilian Growth Basket

Brazil, the largest national economy in South America, is making a striking impression with its fast pace of change and its stable financial system. Brazil’s big domestic market, which accounts for more than 60% of the country’s GDP, looks destined to play a major role in Brazil’s future economic development. The new tracker certificate issued by Bank Vontobel offers an attractive opportunity for those investors who want to capitalize on Brazil’s economic development potential.
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VONCERT on a "German Exporters" Basket

Zurzeit sorgt sich die Welt um den schwachen Eurokurs. Doch die schwache Währung bietet auch Vorteile: Sie kann die krisengeschüttelte Exportwirtschaft der Eurozone ankurbeln. Vor allem könnte das Exportland Deutschland davon profitieren. Insbesondere Unternehmen, die einen hohen Anteil ihrer Umsätze außerhalb der Eurozone erzielen, dürften auf positive Auswirkungen hoffen.
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VONCERT Luxury & Fashion Basket IV

Global demand for the products of known brands is constantly increasing. This comes as a result of rising standards of living and increasing purchasing power around the globe. The luxury goods industry is benefiting from the above-average rise in the number of wealthy people, the so-called High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs). According to a study conducted by Capgemini in 2009, the number of HNWIs has increased 17.1% worldwide, with more than one third of this increase coming in the Asia-Pacific region. This may have a positive impact on companies’ profits.
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VONCERT on a 3D basket

Since the spectacular “Avatar” movie, everyone is talking about 3D. With special shooting techniques of a mixed real and computer graphic effects something has been created that did not exist in the past. Whether it is cinema, TV, cameras, notebooks, game consoles or smart phones: the 3D wave will shape the technology sector and the business model of various companies.
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VONCERT Open End on the 'S-BOX Smart Grid Performance Index

Smart Grids - a modern power infrastructure - has become an important discussion topic. According to market experts, the Smart Grid industry is an emerging billion dollar market and one of the biggest investment opportunities.
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Open-End VONCERT on the Solactive® European Good Banks Performance Index

The Open-End VONCERT on the Solactive® European Good Banks Performance Index provides the option of a diversified investment in selected European banks with the best credit rating. The index includes 10 banking stocks, which have the lowest credit default swap (CDS) rates. Low CDS rates identify companies whose solvency is regarded as particularly stable by the financial market. The stocks must also have sufficient liquidity and market capitalisation to make them eligible for selection.
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VONCERT open end on the Vontobel REITs Low Volatility Return Index

The signs of a revival of the real estate sector increased, which is confirmed by the stabilization of the U.S. housing prices. How can investors participate to a possible recovery in real estate markets?
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VONCERTs Open End on the DAXglobal ® China Urbanization Performance Index

China is experiencing a rapid process of urbanisation. Until 2050 the urban population of China is expected to rise by about 15 million annually. Existing infrastructure is coming under increasing strain, making new system solutions a necessity. This transformation means that China is facing major challenges, but it also represents major development opportunities for many companies.
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