Just look at the news – Italy is not so sunny anymore: its public debt is >120% of the GDP (double the EU maximum) and its coalition government plans to borrow 1,6% of the GDP this year. On top of it, the bad news keep coming: a Genova bridge collapsed in August, putting Atlantia S.p.a., the (privatized) builder, under an […]
Category: Investing tools & techniques
How to Calculate Your Yearly Contribution to the (Desired) Pension
Believe me or not, pension calculations are not easy. I will show you here two ways on how you can calculate and build your pension plan – the complicated (do-it-yourself) way and the simple way (let the experts do it for a decent small fee). If you landed this blog, it means you are taking seriously your pension plan. Which […]
Post-modern Controlling vs Classical Financial Controlling
When it comes to financial controlling, many CEOs and even CFOs mention that it is boring. After all, controlling rotates around themes such as financials reliability and accuracy, predictability of the forecasting, solid safeguards in place, sound accounting, compliance. And immediately after this, the same senior leaders can be heard saying: “well, this way it should also stay”. Nobody’s hiring […]
How Will Terrorism Impact Investments in Europe?
If you have not heard about the March 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels, you are probably not watching any news channels at all. But the chances are that you heard about the ISIS attacks in Belgium and the foiled plots to attack nuclear centrals in France or Europe. What does this rise in terrorist attacks mean for the investments in […]
Next Financial Crisis
I was reading these days several articles in the financial press. All is so quiet… dangerosuly quiet. Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, LA Times, Forbers etc they are all silent about what the banks are doing or what other financila insitutions are up to. To me, this means only trouble brewing. Economic data for US looks slightly promissing and the […]
3 Ways to Invest in Ecommerce
The percentage of consumers who has made a purchase online is breaking new records each year, with tablet and smartphone usage leading the way. Over 75% of all consumers have made an online purchase, with many making them regularly. Retailers have pushed to offer their services online, and ecommerce start-ups are seeing significant profits as a result. If you are […]
European Crisis – UK and Germany Spared by Standard and Poors
We are starting today an investing blog analyzing the recent European crisis – namely the sovereign debt crisis of the PIGS, as well as their consequences for the investors. Today, after many threats from Moody’s, United Kingdom and Germany got a relief from the eternal ratings competitor, Standard & Poor’s. Namely, the triple A ratings of UK and Germany have […]