The financial markets are ahead of their time, it is said and anticipate the expected development. Then Austria and the surrounding countries in Western and Eastern Europe are apparently facing good times. Because the Viennese stock exchange, whose companies are active in these regions, has given the pace this year. A profit of more than a quarter has been booked since the beginning of the year – more than almost all other stock markets have been able to grow. Can it go on like this? And maybe soon falls the record high of the Vienna leading index ATX, which has existed since 2007?