2023 has not been a veray exciting year on the Swiss stock market so far. The SMI® is up a good 3.5% (ytd), while the Swiss Performance Index®, which includes most of the remaining Swiss stocks in addition to the heavyweights from the leading index, is up about 6%. However, not all constituents of these indices can show positive performance. The shares of large corporations such as Roche and Zurich, as well as those of smaller companies, are trading below their prices at the beginning of the year. Nevertheless - or maybe because of this - favorable opportunities are emerging.
Shark notes owe their interesting name to their payoff profile, which resembles the dorsal fin of a shark. They belong to the group of capital protection products and offer investors a participation in the price development of an underlying, while the invested capital is protected against loss. This reduces the risk of loss compared to a direct investment in the underlying, while at the same time allowing participation in the upward movement.
Uncertainty - translated into volatility on the stock exchanges - pushes prices down. However, for yield enhancement products that have a short option component, increased volatility can also be beneficial, as the option premiums collected increase with volatility: Higher coupons and/or lower barriers result.
8.36% ZKB Barrier Reverse Convertible, 24.07.2025 on worst of HEI GY/MUV2 GY/MC FP Heidelberg Materi... 135804067 / CH1358040678 |
ZKB Barrier Reverse Convertible on worst of L'Oréal S.A./Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 140250273 / CH1402502731 |
ZKB Barrier Reverse Convertible on worst of Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE/L'Oréal S.A. 140250270 / CH1402502707 |
ZKB Barrier Reverse Convertible auf Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 134141212 / CH1341412125 |
ZKB Barrier Reverse Convertible auf Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE 139434156 / CH1394341569 |