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Substantial Risks or Overblown Concerns? The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. This is a published article on Medium where you can read the full version Over the last couple of years, central banks around the world embarked upon a series of aggressive […]
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The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. You can also read this article on Medium and subscribe there. No one likes negative surprises when it comes to their money. But right now, the world is not exactly in its calmest state, and the rest
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The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. The Week in Global Markets Financial markets summary: – Europe: The moves in the European stock markets were more limited this week. Stoxx 50 and FTSE MIB advanced, but the broader Stoxx 600, as well as
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What went wrong and what needs to be fixed in Europe’s biggest economy The worst-performing developed economy globally in 2023, with a contracting real gross domestic product (GDP) and a bleak outlook for 2024. Germany has gone from a country with an exemplary economic model and the envy of other major economic powers, to a
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The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. The Week in Global Markets Financial markets summary: – Europe: This week, the ECB left interest rates unchanged. ECB President Christine Lagarde sounded a tad more dovish in her press conference, as she indicated that wage
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Inflation was stable at around 2% for a long time in developed economies — until it was not. High rates of inflation can be irritating, and extremely high rates can be life-threatening. Inflation not only damages a country’s currency, but it can impoverish a whole nation. As an investor, your focus should be on earning
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The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. The Week in Global Markets Financial markets summary: – Europe: Equities declined for the full week ended 19th January, as ECB policymakers made numerous remarks about unreasonably dovish expectations by market participants about rate cuts. The
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A key financial priority for most people who wish to manage their money prudently and responsibly should be the accumulation of an emergency fund. If you have gone through unexpected life events that hit you financially, you know how unpleasant they can be and how stress they can put on you. Having a buffer to
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The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. The Week in Global Markets Stock markets summary: – Europe: Shares had a mixed performance this week, with German, French, and Italian indices rising week-on-week, while the pan-European STOXX 600 index was almost flat, going up
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A great way to build wealth through investing is to open a brokerage account – and many people are doing just that. But in some cases, there are pitfalls and traps in the account set-up and the conditions, which can work against you if you decide to trade more often, to withdraw some of your
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Financial planning is the intentional and purposeful pursuit of your life path – the things you wish to achieve, the places you want to go, the life you want to live, the freedom you want to have – by ensuring those things are prioritized and that you have the financial ability to execute them. There
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The content of this post does not constitute financial advice. It is intended for information and education purposes only. The Week in Global Markets Global stock markets generally disappointed in the first week of the year:– In the United States, we saw the worst weekly performance in months out of the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and
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With this post, I would like to provide a brief overview of popular Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) providers and some of their most well-known ETFs, grouped by various criteria. The universe of available funds is overwhelmingly large for the beginner investor, which can cause a lot of confusion as to where to start and what to
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