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. …
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00:23 – Presentation of the topics in the episode and the special guest Nikolay Delchev from "Forum Finance" 01:10 - Presentation of the Virtual Pension Fund in March 05:35 – News from Bulgaria 17:20 – Macro and Markets 29:45 – Fintech news 39:55 – Interview with Nikolay Delchev 40:05 – The idea and …
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 »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 …
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 »When will the Bitcoin bubble burst?
The bursting of the Bitcoin bubble will happen when the global economic situation begins to deteriorate. This was commented by the editor-in-chief of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics (EKIP) Georgi Vuldzhev on the “Investbook” show with host Dimitar Vuchev. “It is difficult to predict when this will happen, but considering that central banks are already tightening their …
More »Why cryptocurrencies won't replace gold
Mark Spitznagel, Mises.org With each new peak in the price of Bitcoin, claims that it will become the best store of value of our time – the new gold – become more and more frequent. However, we cannot ignore the fact that it is essentially a speculative investment …
More »Bitcoin icon to found own country without government
Evan Fagart, bitsonline.com Roger Ver – a very well-known figure in the Bitcoin community – along with entrepreneur and cryptocurrency enthusiast Olivier Janssens is planning to found a brand new country. But here’s the catch: this country will have no government and no state, but instead will adhere to the principles of …
More »An Economic Look at Bitcoin
Investors, libertarians and computer enthusiasts have a new topic to discuss and it is Bitcoin. The popularity of the online currency is growing in direct proportion to its price, which has quadrupled in two months. It is difficult to remain indifferent to what is happening, and that is why some, with undisguised optimism, see Bitcoin as the money of …
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