Global markets continue to grow, but at a slower pace than in January The average yield of universal pension funds in our country slightly decreases SOXIF performs worse than global markets in the first two months of 2019 The price of gold falls at the end of February February, like January, was quite good …
More »What happened in the markets in January 2019?
Welcome to our newest column, with which we are expanding the content related to the Virtual Pension Fund and our Pension Reform for the Young. Within the new column "Market Commentary", the editor-in-chief of EKIP Georgi Vuldjev, who is also the chairman of the board of our modest Virtual Pension Fund, will provide short monthly …
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 »Was Trump the cause of the bloodbath in the markets?
His comments about the vulnerability of the US Treasury to service its debts due to the Fed sent the yield on 10-year US government bonds to a seven-year high. On Wednesday, US indices had their worst session since February. Then, in one day, the index of blue chips, or the largest US corporations, the Dow Jones erased …
More »How does the interest rate affect the stock market?
The investment community and financial media pay close attention to interest rates—the price a borrower pays to borrow money—and for good reason. When the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC for short), or any other central bank committee, sets a target for …
More »Ep. 7: Crisis Investing
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. 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. 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 »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 did "Black Monday" in 1987 come about?
A week ago, it was exactly 30 years since one of the biggest one-day crashes in financial markets in human history – the so-called "Black Monday". On October 19, 1987, stock exchanges around the world lost a huge percentage of their capitalization in just a few hours. By the end of the month, the markets …
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