00:56 - What topics will we talk about today? 03:10 - The virtual pension fund of EKIP in August 08:45 - Episode topic: How to invest in anticipation and during crises? 48:35 - Current financial news from Bulgaria 65: 35 - Macro and Markets: international news 75:35 - Fintech: …
More »Ep. 6: How to invest in the marijuana market and the Olympic scandal
0:35 - Presentation of the episode's topics 02:30 - Feedback from our listeners 09:50 - How to take advantage of the boom in the marijuana market in the West? What are the investment opportunities and what are the risks? 31:50 - The "Olympic" case - what exactly happened to the Cypriot insurer? Who is responsible ...
More »Ep. 5: Principles of Investment Diversification
0:15 – What will we talk about in this episode? 1:15 – Overview of the presentation of the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund 8:30 – Questions and answers (feedback) from the audience 21:30 – Financial and investment news from Bulgaria 48:55 – Macro and Markets (international news) 60:25 – Fintech news 68:50 – Basic …
More »Ep. 4: Types of risk in investing
01:14 - What will we discuss in this episode? 06:27 - Answers to questions and criticisms we received after the last episode 16:49 - Investment and financial news from Bulgaria - Gradus IPO - the particular specificity of the mortgage market in Bulgaria 37:45 - Macro and Markets - international financial …
More »Ep. 3: What do we need to know about the main types of investments?
00:50 - What topics will we discuss in this episode? 04:58 - How did the various virtual investments of the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund perform in May? 16:50 - Answers to feedback and questions we received after the previous episode of the podcast 20:00 - What is "compound interest" and how through reinvestment …
More »Ep. 2: What did our Virtual Pension Fund achieve in April?
00:20 - Who are we, what is the purpose of this podcast, what will we talk about in this episode? 07:25 - What is the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund and what return did it achieve in April? 21:30 - Response to feedback and questions we received after the first episode of the podcast. 31:08 - What …
More »Ep. 1: How to save and invest wisely?
Welcome to the pilot episode of our new investment podcast "The Intelligent Investor"! In this episode you will hear: 02:30 - What is the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund, how is it related to our campaign "Pension Reform for the Young" and what is the idea of this podcast? 10:05 - What can …
More »Why you should read Nassim Taleb's new book
"Skin in the Game," the new book by famed financier-turned-philosopher Nassim Taleb, is the most important book published in recent years (probably since his last book, "Antifragility," which was published in 2012). Taleb is one of the few thinkers throughout human history whose writings...
More »The relationship between gold and silver prices and the rate of inflation
After examining the main differences between gold and silver as investment assets in the previous two articles, in this article we will pay attention to three main indicators whose dynamics have a relatively high level of correlation with their price dynamics. First, we will pay attention to the macroeconomic indicator, which is most often …
More »The idea that could make Bitcoin the most popular means of payment
Blockchain technology is considered by many to be revolutionary, but it still has its drawbacks. The first and most popular cryptocurrency, namely Bitcoin, besides being considered revolutionary and eliminating the need for a bank intermediary, is slow and expensive. The drastic price spike in 2017 made it …
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