Stock markets have been a hot topic in the media space for the past few weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest one-day drop since 2008 at the start of the month, falling 5.2% to 24,190.90 points. The S&P 500 also ended the first week of February down 5.2%, while the Nasdaq closed the week down 5.1% …
More »Gold vs. Silver: Which is more profitable and which is more volatile?
Having examined the global demand profile for gold and silver in the first part of this series comparing gold and silver as investment alternatives, let us now turn our attention to the price dynamics of the two metals. By comparative analysis of trends in the price movements of gold and …
More »Gold and Silver as Alternative Investments: Differences in Use
It is a common misconception that gold and silver are nearly identical precious metals and investments. It is true that they are very similar in many ways, and historically the most recognizable uses of each of the two metals – as jewelry and money – are the same. But this is a misleading notion…
More »Cryptoboom: A Brief Introduction to Cryptocurrencies
Author: Vasil Kanev One of the most remarkable processes we observed in 2017 was undoubtedly the boom in interest in cryptocurrencies, which led to a dizzying rise in the price of the main instrument in this environment - bitcoin. From a price ranging around $ 1,000 for one bitcoin at the beginning of 2017, the market reached levels just below …
More »Oil: The New (Old) Good Investment?
Happy New Year! Although the last few days have been hectic holidays, we at EKIP have not stopped following global economic events and what is happening in international markets. In my previous article, I shared with you three investment ideas that have serious potential to realize very high returns in 2018. In that article …
More »Three very good investments in 2018
As a start to the latest column of the EKIP, in which we will present investment comments related to the financial markets, instead of reviewing 2017, I decided to look ahead to 2018. This is actually an old tradition on Wall Street - at the end of each year, large funds and banks present …
More »How can we profit from the correlation between gold and silver prices?
A few days ago, towards the end of last week, the ratio of the price of gold to that of silver reached one of its highest levels in recent years. After which, in the last few days, the ratio between the two began to fall and the trend going forward seems to be firmly downward. In this context, these …
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