Investments

0:22 – Introduction to the topics in the episode and the special guest financier Biser Manolov 01:02 – News from Bulgaria 01:53 – Why are banks in Bulgaria massively raising fees and commissions? 04:33 – Banks vs. new fintech companies like Revolut – are banks losing the battle? 06:20 – The paradoxical monetary and regulatory policy …

As a result of these developments, alternative investment strategies such as the "Permanent Portfolio" performed quite well. The average yield of Universal Pension Funds in Bulgaria remained relatively stable. Bitcoin suffered a relatively bad month, despite its widespread perception as a "safe haven asset". The yield curve remained inverted in the US - how long will it …

0:22 – Introduction to the topics in the episode and special guest Georgi Demirev, founder of ocenime.bg, a site for analyzing the real estate market in Bulgaria. 02:27 – Financial news from Bulgaria 13:26 – Macro and Markets 22:25 – Fintech and alternative investments 31:27 – Interview with Georgi Demirev 31:41 - …

The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in more than 10 years. The market correction that investors feared occurred, but it was not particularly sharp. Due to the worsening stock yields and the interest rate cut, the price of gold shot up. The main yield curve is …

00:23 - Introduction to the topics in the episode and our special guest Blagovest Belev from BlockChain.BG, with whom we will talk about investments in cryptocurrencies. 01:10 - How has the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund performed recently? 03:15 - Financial news from Bulgaria 19:00 - Macro and Markets - global news ...

All stock markets are performing well in June, with the S&P500 even hitting a new record. Government debt is also performing well, with gold prices seeing a very large increase. However, investors are wary because the previous two major corrections in stocks followed similar levels of growth. Analysts expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates...

For over a year now, we at EKIP have been conducting a very interesting experiment. With the launch of the Virtual Pension Fund last year, we set ourselves the goal of illustrating what we mean when we talk about alternatives to the current pension system in Bulgaria. A system that, as you may know, we criticize extremely harshly. Because …

All equity markets performed quite poorly in May. Government bond yields improved significantly, which also improved the return on the "Permanent Portfolio". Central bankers in both the US and Europe are preparing to cut interest rates. The relatively good month of April for the markets was followed by an almost disastrous May. …

00:24 – Introduction to the topics in the episode and our special guest Anelia Angelova from Viara Insurance Broker, with whom we will talk about the insurance market 03:15 – Financial news from Bulgaria 16:40 – Macro and Markets 29:20 – Fintech and alternative investments 37:25 – Interview with Anelia …

00:24 – Introduction of the topics in the episode and special guest Miroslav Rizov, financial expert-consultant and co-founder of Infinite Trust. 02:00 – What happened to the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund in April? 05:40 – Financial news from Bulgaria 13:00 – Macro and Markets 20:40 – Fintech news 25:05 – …