30/09/2020
PepsiCo, Constellation Brands and manufacturing PMIs
For the day ahead I’m looking out for earnings from PepsiCo, Corona beer-owner Constellation brands and H&M – as well as European and US manufacturing PMIs.
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Drones are made famous because they will change the delivery business, but their applications go beyond transporting parcels. Commercial use cases include safety, monitoring, agriculture, and construction.
25/02/2021
As bond yields are soaring, momentum on stock prices is slowing down. Is this the end of the party? While the situation may look grim, we ought to have a closer look at it to see that things might not be as bad as they seem.
25/02/2021
GBP/USD just hit a 3-year peak with forex traders eyeing a new post-Brexit peak. But next week's UK budget and the slow reopening plan pose risks.
24/02/2021
Property Technology is revolutionizing the way we buy, sell and trade houses. The real estate market is one of the world's largest, and PropTech innovation will make it more accessible and affordable.
22/02/2021
How to protect your portfolio from inflation with different asset classes. With talks of inflation roaming, FlowBank explores some ways investors could diversify away inflation risk.
22/02/2021
It is not rare for big name stocks to come with big price tags. As a result, not everyone can afford to buy the companies they like. Fractional share are portion of an stock or ETF, making the purchase of expensive stocks for individual investors with a low capital.
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2020 saw the rise of cryptocurrency exchange traded products with assets rising to record levels. The ETP market exploded beyond $4 billion in total assets this year due to public awareness, regulatory easing, and celebrity promotion boosting prices. Learn about crypto asset products in this article.
16/02/2021
If investors dream of winning money, they fear losing money. However, the data shows that, by and large, investing in stocks over the long term is unlikely to give you a negative return. Why is that so?
30/09/2020
For the day ahead I’m looking out for earnings from PepsiCo, Corona beer-owner Constellation brands and H&M – as well as European and US manufacturing PMIs.
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Figures are in billion U.S. dollars. Source: Statista.com
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Low volatility ETFs also modify holdings to try to tamp down drama. The largest low-volatility ETF, iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor with $29 billion in assets, spreads its portfolio across a wider range of industries than Invesco S&P Low Volatility, Rosenbluth says. It does this by holding the least volatile stocks in a sector, even if the sector itself is volatile. Microsoft (MSFT) is its top holding at 1.7%. Source: investors.com
2 hours ago
The $32 billion Grayscale Bitcoin Trust has plunged 20% this week, outpacing a 13% decline in the world’s largest cryptocurrency. GBTC’s once-massive premium to its underlying holdings has evaporated as a result, with the price of GBTC closing 0.7% below its underlying holdings on Wednesday -- the first discount since March 2017. Source: Bloomberg.
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JPMorgan might make bitcoin 1% of portfolios. Cryptocurrencies may be relatively new and volatile, but they’re also somewhat uncorrelated with other assets, and may be able to provide a good hedge. Former Federal Reserve economists Roberto Perli and Benson Durham at Cornerstone Macro LLC have run calculations and found that the volatility of equity portfolios can usually be reduced by adding some amount of digital assets. Source: Bloomberg
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