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. …
More »Central bankers in panic - March as a turning point for markets
Stock markets are entering stagnation, debt markets are generating higher profits SOFIX is also stagnating, private pension fund yields continue to fall Central bankers are already visibly worried about the coming recession, the ECB is initiating a new round of cheap loans for the banking system Going forward, debt instruments (bonds, especially government bonds) will most likely …
More »Markets in February: Stocks up, gold down
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 »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 »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 »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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