TEAM · 32: Is the crisis over? 0:21 – The macroeconomic dimensions of the current crisis (labor market, banking system) 11:02 – How does the crisis affect P2P lending platforms? 15:07 – Will we see another mass quarantine due to the "second wave" of Covid-19? 18:17 – The policy of central banks at the moment and …
More »The ECB is inflating a dangerous bubble in the eurozone's sovereign debt
This week, Greek government debt yields fell to record lows. The yield on the country's 10-year government bond fell below 1% for the first time in history on Wednesday, and later fell below 0.9%. This is a particularly significant development, given that Greece is the country that has been …
More »Central banks are cutting interest rates again, but recession is already knocking on the door
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 …
More »Stocks hit new records in June, as did gold, but investors fear a correction
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...
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 »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 …
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