Dirk Müller (born 25 October 1968) is a German

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and author. He is internationally known as Mr. DAX and Dirk of the DAX, because his workplace was located right under the display of the

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at the

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.Boris Halva
Dirk Müller / "Mr. Dax": "Geldströme sind mächtiger als jede Armee auf dieser Welt"
(in German), ''

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'', 16 April 2019 Journalists have used his facial expressions to depict the state of the market. In 2015, he founded a

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, Dirk Müller Premium Aktien.

Life

Born in

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, Müller grew up in

Reilingen Reilingen () is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. References

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, where he still lives. He passed the

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at the Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium in

Hockenheim Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain, Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes "Baden Asparagus Route" ( ...

, and then began training as a

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and financial assistant at

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Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

. In 1993, Müller passed the Börsenhändlerprüfung exam. He then worked until 1997 as a broker for Finacor-Rabe & Partner, then for a year for Cantor Fitzgerald International, and from 1998 to 2008 as official stock trader at the

for ICF AG. In 2008, Müller moved to the company Wertpapierhandelsbank mwb fairtrade AG, where he worked until 2010. Since 2009, he has been the owner and managing director of Finanzethos GmbH, a company running the ''cashkurs.com'' website. Müller published his first book, ''Crashkurs'', in 2009, written in response to the

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. The successful publication made him well-known. His second book, ''Cashkurs'', was published in 2011 and soon became a bestseller, number 1 on the list of ''

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''. Müller was one of eight experts in a committee meeting of the German parliament

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on 27 June 2011, aiming at preventing speculation with agricultural raw materials ("Spekulation mit agrarischen Rohstoffen verhindern"). On 17 April 2015, Müller began his own

, Dirk Müller Premium Aktien. While the fund lost 7% over the first year, it fared better than the DAX during the same time, which lost 16%. However, as of end of May 2021, the fund has lost 8.8% since inception, while the DAX index has gained 28.9%, resulting in an underperformance of 37.7% in seven years. Müller is married, and the couple has a son.Interview über Persönliches
(in German), ''

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'' No. 13, 2008

Publications

Print media

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Audio media

* ''Crashkurs''. , Berlin, 2009, . (3 CDs, 229 min.) * *

References

External links

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Dirk Müller Premium Aktien Fond

Interview
''Aktienkultur – Das Magazin der BVH-Börsenvereine'' January 2008 {{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Dirk German stock traders Businesspeople from Frankfurt German economists 1968 births Living people