In many of our articles and podcasts on the subject, we talk about the most important rules and principles in the field of personal finance, and specifically saving and investing. In order to be useful to as many of you as possible, the rules we talk about are usually universal in nature, that is, they apply equally to …
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 »What happened to the profitability of private pension funds?
In recent days, I'm sure you've come across a number of headlines announcing that the profitability of private pension funds has collapsed, disintegrated, collapsed, crashed, etc. You get the idea. Something scary and shocking has happened to the profitability of pension funds. This is neither too far nor too close to ...
More »Investment in the wine sector – exotic or not quite?
The global wine market is driven by wine consumption habits, rapid urbanization, changing lifestyles and high incomes, the popularity of wine products during holidays, as well as an aging population that prefers wine over other hard drinks. Wine consumption is increasing worldwide and …
More »13. How to invest in the Airbnb market? (with guest Boris Pavlov)
Dear listeners, in the "fatal" episode of "The Intelligent Investor" our guest is Boris Pavlov - Bulgarian entrepreneur, founder and manager of Flat Manager - a property management company for short-term rentals on the Airbnb/Booking market. We talked with him in depth about the real estate market in Bulgaria and what are the …
More »The problem of private pension funds
The problem with private (mandatory) pension funds is that they don't make money. More precisely, they don't make money for their clients. They probably do for themselves, but the returns that people who insure themselves with them receive are almost non-existent or even negative. At least most of the time. This is a problem. Because …
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 »Ep. 10: What are the problems of the pension system in Bulgaria?
0:35 – Presentation of the topics of the episode 3:05 – How did the EKIP Virtual Pension Fund perform in October? 07:15 - Topic of the episode: The problems of the pension system in Bulgaria and how they affect the financial situation of each of us 49:00 - Answers to questions about investing in ETFs on …
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. 6: How to invest in the marijuana market and the Olympic scandal
0:35 - Presentation of the episode's topics 02:30 - Feedback from our listeners 09:50 - How to take advantage of the boom in the marijuana market in the West? What are the investment opportunities and what are the risks? 31:50 - The "Olympic" case - what exactly happened to the Cypriot insurer? Who is responsible ...
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