Topics related to various types of financial and investment products, money and monetary concepts, monetary and fiscal policy, market cycles and the economy
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 cheat sheet pages are intended to provide fundamental knowledge for absolute beginners or a refresher on the basics for those interested in going over the concepts covered in these bits. It does not constitute financial advice or a recommendation. If you have a request for a cheat sheet covering a specific concept you are
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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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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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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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If you are looking for truly memorable, insightful reading that can provide you with both education about money, markets, and investing, as well as practical and empirically tested knowledge and information, then this post is for you. These are some of my favorite books and they offer true wisdom – concepts, principles, and lessons learnt
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