For all its ubiquity, Twitter hasn’t always been the most popular kid on the playground. Advertisers, its main source of revenue, have flocked to Facebook and Google and users have favoured Instagram and Pinterest. As a result, investors have also turned their attention and money elsewhere, causing the share price to languish well below its IPO price for many years. …
View PostFor all its ubiquity, Twitter hasn’t always been the most popular kid on the playground. Advertisers, its main source of revenue, have flocked to Facebook and Google and users have favoured Instagram and Pinterest. As a result, investors have also turned their attention and money elsewhere, causing the share price to languish well below its IPO price for many years. …
View PostIn Episode 15 of Magic Markets, The Yield Curve-ball, The Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla (moe-knows.com) discuss the impact of a steepening US Treasuries curve and what it all means. Topics discussed include: The basics of bonds Corporate vs. government bonds Whether bonds are good investments The impact of the yield curve on equity valuations Impact on gold Episode 15 of …
View PostMoney is fungible, yet you may have heard financial professionals talk about “types” of money when discussing investment opportunities. These days there arguably is more than one type of money with the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, but that’s not what the investment folk are talking about. They are referring to the intention behind the money, rather than the money itself. …
View PostMoney is fungible, yet you may have heard financial professionals talk about “types” of money when discussing investment opportunities. These days there arguably is more than one type of money with the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, but that’s not what the investment folk are talking about. They are referring to the intention behind the money, rather than the money itself. …
View PostMoney is fungible, yet you may have heard financial professionals talk about “types” of money when discussing investment opportunities. These days there arguably is more than one type of money with the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, but that’s not what the investment folk are talking about. They are referring to the intention behind the money, rather than the money itself. …
View PostThe Berkshire (Hathaway) duo, none other than Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, have been in the news this week. With Buffett at just 90 years old and Charlie Munger at a sprightly 97 years old, even TikTokkers almost feel bad when they throw the “ok, Boomer” line at these elderly statesmen of the investing community. Boomers were born between 1946 …
View PostThe Finance Ghost and Mohammed Nalla take their signature unconventional approach to Budget Speech 2021. Despite all the challenges, South Africa somehow manages to find a way to get through. Dubbing South Africa the “Fiscal Cockroach” – a term of endearment in case you aren’t sure – the hosts take a balanced approach to the opportunities and risks facing the …
View PostThis is not an attempt to cover everything that happened in the budget speech today. The financial news agencies do a good enough job of that. Instead, I want to touch on some important concepts ahead of recording a Magic Markets podcast episode on this topic tonight. Look out for it on Thursday afternoon. It’s hard not to allow some …
View PostThis is not an attempt to cover everything that happened in the budget speech today. The financial news agencies do a good enough job of that. Instead, I want to touch on some important concepts ahead of recording a Magic Markets podcast episode on this topic tonight. Look out for it on Thursday afternoon. It’s hard not to allow some …
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