It may come as a surprise, but the first person who wondered how to invest my money dates back to 600 B.C. and it was a rather well-known man: Thales of Miletus. The story goes that the philosopher managed to predict, thanks to his astronomical knowledge, a very good olive harvest in the following season,…
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The great economist John Kenneth Galbraith was fascinated by the fact that in markets, there is always a buyer for every seller. That may be easier to understand when stock prices rise, but what is puzzling is when they plummet. Even when their value is negative, as happened when investing in bonds for many years.
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An investment fund transfer is a great alternative for investors, since in addition to allowing them to find products that improve the current conditions, both in terms of profitability and costs, it does not incur tax expenses.
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Last October, the yield on the 5-year government bond reached 3.683%, its highest value in the last 10 years. That is a good indication of why government bonds have emerged as one of the key assets for investors today.
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The world is transforming to become more sustainable. Businesses are struggling to make their bottom line, while trying to limit their impact on the environment. Governments are scrambling to restructure their archaic institutions and facilities to be friendlier to people and the planet. But achieving many of these goals is neither easy nor cheap. For…
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The world of investing changed radically in 1952, when Harry Markowitz developed his famous portfolio theory, which would earn him the Nobel Prize in 1990. In a nutshell, Markowitz’s revolutionary idea was to find the best combination of assets to increase expected returns. From this search, the well-known efficient frontier was born, a curve formed…
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The first money market fund dates back to 1971 and was created in the United States. Since then, the industry has changed and grown to unimaginable levels. There are several reasons for this growth over the decades. One is that money funds are key elements in the financial markets, as they are arguably the oil…
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Invest or save? The first thing we should know is that it is not the same. They’re not even similar. The first is framed in the financial world, which encompasses theories as diverse as that of Portfolios, by Harry Markowitz, or the theory about asset price prediction by Eugene Fama, Robert Schiller or Lars Peter…
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Sometimes, sitting and waiting is often the best option. In investing this is known as buy and hold, which literally means just that: buy and hold. Such a strategy is a good way to keep your sanity in the chaotic world that markets can be. Stocks can go up and down for no apparent reason,…
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A pension plan is more than just a financial product for retirement. It is a product that should also generate sufficient profitability so that our savings can grow faster and faster. If this is not your case, don’t worry, because, you can change it for free by transferring your pension plan and thus accelerate the…
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