Financial mis-selling has affected millions of people, in many cases without them even knowing it. Over the past 30 years, in particular, many people around the world have been encouraged to buy financial products or insurance policies in … [Read more...]
Would You Buy the Dip On Any of the Top 5 Cryptocurrencies?
Cryptocurrencies are making quite an impression in the global economic and financial landscapes. In the last couple of years, cryptocurrencies have caused quite a stir on Wall Street because of the impressive gains that they delivered in … [Read more...]
2 Interesting Tech Stocks Poised to Start Living Up to their Potential in Q3 2018
2018 is shaping out to be a very interesting year for Wall Street traders and investors. In the year-to-date period, the Dow Jones Industrials is up a marginal 0.45%, the S&P 500 is up by a paltry 2.02%, Small caps are not faring particularly bad … [Read more...]
The Dos and Don’ts of Real Estate Investment
The appeal of real estate investment is rather obvious to anyone who’s ever taken their time to study its benefits; an attractive investment opportunity that’s always varied and rarely dull, the real estate market is simply too appealing for many … [Read more...]
Dropbox (DBX) IPO is Done and Dusted, What Does the Future Hold?
Dropbox, Inc. co-founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi got checks for about $15,000 from seed stage investment firm Y Combinator when they started working on the idea of the cloud storage in 2007. 11 years later and after surviving market wars … [Read more...]
Tesla Inc. (TSLA), The Visionary Dream of Elon Musk [Futures & Risks]
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I have to be honest with you: when I think of a Tesla car my mind expands and my senses get heightened. Actually, it’s enough to read something about the company and I feel my interest growing! If you feel the same and you want to know more about the … [Read more...]
If you Missed the Boat on Bitcoin, Pay Special Attention to Stellar
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay irrespective of the amount of vilification, skepticism, and outright persecution from traditional Wall Street. 2017 was the year that cryptocurrencies shot to the limelight as speculative investments that could … [Read more...]
5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch As We Head into Q2 2018
Cryptocurrency is probably the most divisive concept in trading, investments, and financial circles in recent times. Last year, Bitcoin, the poster boy of cryptocurrencies delivered 1400% gains to open the floodgates of news about how traditional … [Read more...]
Much Ado in Forex Markets About A Weak vs A Strong U.S. Dollar
U.S President Donald Trump has made it very clear since assuming office that he believes that a weak Dollar (USD) is good for the economic prospects of the United States. In the days leading up to his inauguration in January 2017, Trump categorically … [Read more...]
Are Binary Options Done For?
Back in 2016 we ran an article comparing binary options trading to starting your own business. Much of the logic in that piece holds up even now. While opting for a trading method as a means of personal income sounds far riskier and less responsible … [Read more...]
3 Other Investments You Should Consider Making in 2018
We’ve covered a wide variety of subjects about investing in bonds, treasuries, and similar instruments here on Learn Bonds. Bonds will remain very attractive for investors in 2018, especially with new policies that will be put into effect next … [Read more...]
Why Millennials Should Invest in Stocks
It's not been an easy ride for millennials over the last 10 or so years with the financial crash brought on by poor lending choices by the major banks and other financial institutions causing havoc and making people rethink their investment … [Read more...]
Why Investors Should Consider Learning Accounting
Every investor is required to understand a number of business functions. One of them is accounting, a function that is sometimes overlooked by investors. Investors have to understand what is written in financial statements to know how businesses are … [Read more...]
The Financial Cost of a Data Breach to Your Business
With cyber attacks increasing in frequency and severity, it’s important for business owners to understand how their organizations will be affected. Whenever security breaches hit the headlines, the focus is always on the impact on the victim, more … [Read more...]
Why is Ethereum Classic So Hot?
Ethereum Classic (ETC) is a relatively new variant of Ethereum (ETH). Both are cryptocurrencies, otherwise known as digital currencies. Ethereum functions with blockchain technology and smart contracts. This governs the framework of all … [Read more...]
Should Cryptocurrencies Have a Place in Your Investment Portfolio
The global financial crisis of 2008 disrobed the emperors of Wall Street to show that many highly-paid investment bankers and asset managers don't really have a clue on how best to help people protect and grow wealth by investing in stocks. The … [Read more...]
Investment on Wall Street is on a Eve of an Unprecedented Disruption from Wall Street
Blockchain technology is causing a wave of unprecedented disruption to sweep across the global socio-economical, financial, and political landscapes. Blockchain technology, a distributed system of networked computers that manage a public tamperproof … [Read more...]
An Introduction to Bond Valuation
Bonds are debt obligations. When a company or government issues bonds, it is borrowing money from bondholders. The money they raise is essentially lent to them by the buyers of the bonds; the borrower has to pay interest on these bonds or IOUs at … [Read more...]
The Impact of Bitcoin on the Accountancy Field
In the early 90s when the internet was still in its development stages, only a few individuals envisioned cashless currencies such as bitcoins. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that mainly depends on the internet to maintain accounts and transactions. … [Read more...]
What Will India’s Moody’s Rating Upgrade Mean for Its Bond Market?
Moody’s upgraded India’s sovereign debt rating from Baa2 to Baa3, the first upgrade in more than a decade. But what does this rating mean for its bond market now and for the future? Let’s discuss the factors that led to the rating change in the first … [Read more...]