Hermann Zickert

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Hermann Zickert (born June 8, 1885 in Eisleben , † August 23, 1954 in Vaduz , Liechtenstein ) was a German economist, business editor and publisher.

Berlin, the entrance to the stock exchange in Burgstrasse, 1931. (Federal Archives)
Wake up! Current business correspondence . Cover of a business newspaper by Zickert (1931)

biography

Zickert was born in Eisleben as the son of master butcher Gustav Zickert. He studied at the Technical University of Freiberg and Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg, and in 1907 in Heidelberg with a dissertation on the evolution of sales of Czech brown coal and its importance for the coal supply in central Germany to the Dr. phil. PhD . He then worked as a business editor at Berliner Tageblatt and then as editor of the financial magazine Wirtschaftlicher Ratgeber . In 1919 he published his stock market letter "Ratgeber auf dem Kapitalmarkt" in Berlin and in 1923 founded the first German investment association, which would be called an investment club today , and thus invented fund savings. In 1924 Zickert published his book The Eight Commandments of Finance , which became a bestseller, and developed his own stock analysis model. In 1934 he published what was probably the first stock exchange guide in Germany.

In 1931 Zickert emigrated with his family to Liechtenstein and justified this step with the economic and psychological pressure that prevailed in Germany and did not allow one to get an objective picture. He lived and worked there until his death in 1954.

Zickert's stock exchange rules

  1. Work with your capital!
  2. Strive for pension (income), not for profit!
  3. Buy only marketable items!
  4. Don't be blinded by promises!
  5. Check Before You Buy!
  6. Don't ask the banker for advice!
  7. Don't miss the timely sale!

Periodicals

  • Stock market letter guide on the capital market , since 1919
  • Spiegel der Wirtschaft (1931 to 1954)
  • Stock exchange leader since 1934
  • Wake up! Current business correspondence

Publications (selection)

  • The penetration of the Bohemian lignite into its current market . Partial print of the dissertation Heidelberg 1907.
  • The economic importance of the Bohemian lignite in comparison with the neighboring coal industries at home and abroad . Teplitz-Schönau 1908.
  • The eight commandments of finance. Everything everyone needs to know who wants to acquire or increase a fortune . Berlin 1924.
  • Principles of capital investment , Liechtenstein 1933.
  • German stocks in keywords , Liechtenstein 1934.

literature

  • Karlheinz Heeb: A forgotten pioneer: Hermann Zickert - German stock exchange trader whose adopted home is Liechtenstein (1885–1954) . Tangram Sachbuchverlag, Vaduz 2006, ISBN 978-3-033-00911-0 .
  • Karlheinz Heeb: Hermann Zickert, the German stock market pioneer. Hermann Zickert - German stock exchange trader whose adopted home is Liechtenstein (1885 to 1954) . FinanzBook-Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-89879-471-8 ( excerpt )

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personal data
SURNAME Zickert, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German business journalist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisleben
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1954
Place of death Vaduz