More and more banks with negative interest rates, the stock exchanges close to a record high, a Bitcoin that seems to know no stopping - and a real estate market that is running hot in metropolitan regions and weak in the provinces.

These were the framework conditions for the big readers' campaign on the subject of money, which WELT organized together with the Association of German Banks.

For two and a half hours, the readers were informed by experts about their individual financial situation.

Here is a compilation of important questions and answers.

Question

: One should buy stocks when the "cannons thunder".

How do I know that the time is right?

Answer

: Take the time at the beginning of Corona twelve months ago: Back then everything was unsafe.