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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: European benchmark indices recorded strong gains this week, with STOXX 600 up for a 7th week in a row and hitting an all-time high. Italy’s FTSE […]
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Germany’s retirement reform — and where the ‘Aktienrente’ falls short If you are relying on a state pension anywhere in the world, you might wonder whether, by the time you reach retirement age, the government will really be able to afford to pay you one. This question is justified, especially in countries where it represents
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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: European benchmark indices continued to advance, but momentum slowed down this week. STOXX 600 reached a new all-time high on Friday driven by positive earnings developments
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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 we saw European stocks basically being carried by what happened in America, as NVidia jumped after impressive quarterly earnings and revenue beat and pumped
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As inflation spiked over the last 2 years and Germany is facing a recession, German residents have become much gloomier, according to various surveys. Households have seen a variety of costs in their everyday lives surge, which has hit their propensity to buy so hard that the drop in domestic demand has substantially weakened consumer
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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: European stocks advanced across the board and across countries this week, as hopes of an upcoming rate cut by the ECB keep fuelling optimism, supported also
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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 week in European stock markets was a battle between positive earnings updates and high interest rate concerns. Some companies announced strong quarterly earnings updates, driving
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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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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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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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