Fundamental indicators allow a measurement of the state of economies in the future. If you are somewhat familiar with investing and trading, you undoubtedly already had contact with indicators. Introduction Many inexperienced traders solely focus on Technical...
This article will explain the mechanics and participants of the secondary market. The secondary market is where existing securities are traded between investors. For a quick overview, you can check the learn how markets work article; if you’d like to know more...
The Primary Market is where institutions issue securities and get investor money in return. This article explains the participants and mechanics of the Primary Market. This article will teach you all basics. You will learn the difference between “buy-side”...
This article kicks off a three-part mini-series about the ecosystem of financial markets. We will explain the participants, their roles, and their interactions. And we will have a look at our place in this ecosystem: us, being the retail investors. This first article...
How to invest? This is the third and final part of our “How to build a portfolio” mini-series of articles. As a small wrap-up: In the first article about diversification, we learned why putting all eggs in the same basket is terrible. As no one can predict...
In one of our last articles, we explained the benefits of a diversified portfolio and why it makes perfect sense to own different assets across different asset classes. In this article about Portfolio Construction, we go one step further and look at how to build a...
This article explores how cognitive biases like loss aversion and overconfidence affect our investment choices and gives strategies and tools to overcome them....
We've compiled a subjective list of most important and valuable investing books. Beginners or experienced investors- this article has something for everyone!...
This blog post expands the article about diversification within a portfolio. We describe those asset classes in more detail: what they are, their properties, and their behavior in different economic conditions....
As the ETF market got huge in the last decades, so did the challenge finding the best ETF that fits our personal strategy and is cost-effective.
This article will shed some light on what ETFs are, how they work, and how we pick the most suitable ones for our portfolios....
