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The 2026 Austrian National Chess Championships have concluded with GM Dominik Horvath defending his national title, finishing ahead of Laurenz Borrmann on tiebreaks, and with IM Valentin Baidetskyi placing third. Dominik Mayr, Head of Freedom Finance Germany, a tied agent of Freedom Finance Europe Ltd., and Austrian Chess Federation President Michael Stöttinger conducted the awards ceremony. ♟️ Borrmann led for most of the event and secured a GM norm in the final round. The Oberbank Open was won by Germany's Ruben Gideon Köllner. Olga Badelka finished sixth overall in the Open and claimed the Women's National Championship title. Veronika Exler took silver with six points and Alina Donets took bronze with five points. Donets passed the 2100 Elo mark during the championship and, at 12 years old, became Austria's youngest Woman FIDE Master. 🏆 Freedom24 supported the championships alongside Oberbank, the Austrian Chess Promotion Association and the Brucknerhaus Linz. The event was organised by the Austrian Chess Federation under President Stöttinger and the Upper Austrian Chess Federation under President Günter Mitterhuemer. Read more on FIDE website

August to October has historically been the weakest three-month stretch for the S&P 500, with average returns close to zero and deeper temporary declines, according to Bank of America data cited by Freedom24. "The relevant question for an investor during this period is not whether there will be a correction, but how well the portfolio is prepared to cope with different scenarios," says Radu-Iulian Pădurean, Freedom24. "Discipline and a balanced portfolio structure may matter more than trying to anticipate the perfect moment to exit or return to the market." Freedom24 analysts point to five areas investors typically review in periods like this: ▪️ Portfolio balance. After a strong run, individual positions can grow into a larger share than originally intended, which raises concentration risk. ▪️ Liquidity. A cash reserve allows for gradual adjustments, yet at the same time, too much exposure to cash can mean missing out on a rapid market recovery. ▪️ Core and tactical split. Some investors separate a long-term allocation from a smaller flexible portion used for short-term moves. ▪️ Timing of entries. Spreading purchases over time reduces reliance on any single entry point. ▪️ Diversification. Depending on risk profile, quality bonds or gold through ETFs are among the instruments that can soften fluctuations. A weak seasonal pattern says something about how wide the swings may be, but very little about where the market ends the quarter. That will come down to the tone the Fed and the ECB take in September, bond yields, oil prices and whether AI spending starts showing up in margins and cash flow. Portfolio structure is the part an investor can settle in advance, and it is easier to adjust now than during a selloff 🧭 Read more in Ziarul BURSA

Freedom Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRHC), the parent company of Freedom24, has reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, covering the three months ended June 30, 2026. 📈 Total net revenue reached $732.5 million, up 40% year on year from $524.0 million in the same period last year. Net income for the quarter stood at $31.7 million, or $0.52 per diluted share. Total assets grew to $14.0 billion, and the total number of customers across banking, brokerage, insurance and other segments reached 8,743,000. "Our results this quarter reflect the continued strength and momentum of our business across the Freedom ecosystem. We saw meaningful growth in revenue and in our customer base, underscoring the durability of our diversified model as we continue to expand into new markets and new lines of business," said Timur Turlov, Founder and CEO of Freedom Holding Corp. 🔗 Read more on our website

Francesco Bergamini, Representative of Freedom24 in Italy (tied agent of Freedom Finance Europe Ltd. in Italy), has picked out four European companies that rarely make the headlines. According to Francesco, the reason so many names like these go unnoticed has less to do with their results than with market structure: capital keeps flowing into funds and ETFs, which mechanically lifts the weighting of the largest issuers, so valuations at the top of the index climb while smaller companies stay at a discount even as their fundamentals improve. All four have reported strong results this year and confirmed or raised their guidance. The first two are tied to the hardware behind the biggest technology shifts. Mersen is a French company making components for power distribution and power electronics, used in data centres, rail infrastructure and aerospace, and it now expects data centres alone to bring in nearly double last year's revenue. Germany's Elmos Semiconductor supplies the analog and mixed-signal chips behind driver assistance systems, intelligent lighting and sensor platforms, with first-quarter revenue up around a fifth year on year as cars keep getting more electronic 📈 The other two are positioned on structural changes in how goods are made and sold. Finland's Scanfil is a contract manufacturer of electronics for the industrial, energy, medical and aerospace sectors, and stands to benefit as European manufacturers move capacity closer to end markets. France’s Vusion is still seen by many as an electronic shelf label maker, though the business now combines IoT sensors, software, analytics and computer vision into what amounts to a digital operating system for physical stores. Both delivered strong first-half results, with Scanfil lifting revenue by almost a quarter and Vusion by a third, driven by its fast-growing software segment. "All four companies discussed above operate in different sectors of the economy, but they have one thing in common: each stands to benefit from long-term structural changes. It is precisely these kinds of businesses that often become a source of alpha for investors willing to look beyond the most popular names in the European market," Francesco concludes. 🔍 🔗Read the full analysis in Oninvest