Dear listeners, in the "fatal" episode of "The Intelligent Investor" our guest is Boris Pavlov - Bulgarian entrepreneur, founder and manager of Flat Manager - a property management company for short-term rentals on the Airbnb/Booking market. We talked with him in depth about the real estate market in Bulgaria and what are the …
More »Three investment alternatives to the bankrupt pension system
As we at EKIP have explained many times, the pension system is bankrupt. And we offer some solutions to this problem. "So far so good," at least some of you are surely saying to yourself, "but what can I personally do about it?". "How can I take care of my financial well-being in old age in such a …
More »Industrial exports fall due to collapse in Germany's industry
Regarding industrial production – Industrial production growth remained almost unchanged in November at 1.23% year-on-year. The breakdown of production by sector also shows no significant change compared to October. Only in the mining industry did the decline in production slow down to 2.57% in November from 7.18% in October. …
More »The Life and Ideas of Jean-Baptiste Say: The Greatest French Economist
Many young libertarians are familiar with Frédéric Bastiat, but few are aware of his most significant predecessor, who is also one of the greatest "classical" economists - Jean-Baptiste Say. Nowadays, Say is one of those figures in the history of economic science who is systematically ignored, despite his ...
More »12. What to invest in in 2019? (with guest Alexander Karolev)
00:24 – Presentation of the topics and special guest Alexander Karolev, an investment banker from London, a specialist in the debt market. 03:30 – What are the current financial and investment news in Bulgaria in recent weeks? 15:50 – Fintech news: Revolut has received a banking license in Lithuania. 18:00 – Macro and markets conversation with special guest …
More »The History of the Christmas Truce of World War I
Author: William Griggs, the article is translated from the author's blog In August 1914, in an episode of unprecedented intemperance, the Great Powers of Europe plunged into all-out war with each other. Germany, a rising military power with great ambitions, overran Belgium in search of a quick checkmate of France before Russia could …
More »The problem of private pension funds
The problem with private (mandatory) pension funds is that they don't make money. More precisely, they don't make money for their clients. They probably do for themselves, but the returns that people who insure themselves with them receive are almost non-existent or even negative. At least most of the time. This is a problem. Because …
More »Industrial growth improves significantly in October 2018
Regarding industrial production - Industrial production recorded a slight growth of 1.55% year-on-year in October after declining in September. The improvement was the result of more positive indicators in all three major sectors (manufacturing, mining and energy). However, the most influential improvement was in manufacturing, where …
More »Ep. 11: The Art of Investing in Stocks, with guest Ivo Kolarov
0:30 – Introduction of the episode topics and our first special guest, financial analyst Ivo Kolarov 3:08 – How did the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund perform in November? 04:50 – The present and future of the crypto market – will the decline continue? 16:45 – Fintech news – the P2P lending market in China …
More »The Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
Author: Murray Rothbard, Mises.org Follower of Jefferson or of Alexander Hamilton? Every student, indeed every literate person in the United States, is expected to choose a side and join one of the two camps of the Great Debate. Most people today consider themselves followers of Jefferson. Representatives of a variety of groups, …
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