All success stories begin with an idea you truly believe in and the courage to go your own way when venture capitalists give you the cold shoulder. By clearly differentiating yourself from others, putting the customer at the heart of … Continue reading Study notes from reading ‘Behind the Cloud’ by Marc Benioff
MSCI’s index of Dutch stocks has risen 34% in US dollar terms during 2021. Two small European stock markets have produced some of the biggest gains in global equities this year, fuelled by companies benefiting from the chip shortage and … Continue reading Dutch and Austrian equities storm ahead of larger markets
The £18.4bn approach from US sports betting company comes as domestic market enjoys explosive growth. DraftKings, which has built its business on US daily fantasy sports, launched an £18.4bn offer for UK-based Entain, longtime competitor of Flutter, owner of its fierce US … Continue reading DraftKings makes bid to acquire UK rival gambling group Entain
Damodaran makes two key points with particular elegance. One is that, in equilibrium, the insistence that ESG portfolios can outperform non-ESG portfolios makes no sense: “The notion that adding an ESG constraint to investing increases expected returns is counter intuitive. … Continue reading Aswath Damodaran on ESG
Industry figures are divided on whether the systems can truly remove human bias and how much supervision they need The growing appreciation that human stockpickers struggle to outperform their benchmark indices has helped fuel a massive surge in assets held … Continue reading AI adoption in the ETF industry begins to grow
Wall Street stocks dropped on Monday, echoing falls in Asia and Europe, as the liquidity crisis at Chinese property developer Evergrande cascaded across global markets. The S&P 500 fell 2.1 per cent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 2.6 per … Continue reading Wall Street stocks sell off as Evergrande crisis intensifies
Fresh data has shown that hedge funds’ new favorite stock is – drumroll please – our old friend Facebook: 27% of them own shares in the social media giant, and 57% have it as a top ten holding. And as luck would … Continue reading Should you follow Hedge Funds in betting on Facebook?
What’s going on here? If passed by his Democratic Party-controlled Congress, US president Joe Biden’s $2 trillion-plus infrastructure spending plan will unleash $750 billion worth of spending on the energy sector alone. Happily for investors, many of the companies in line to benefit … Continue reading America’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Is Picking Up Speed, And These 17 Companies Are Along For The Ride
After Amazon published a job post for a “digital currency and blockchain product lead” last week, speculation broke out that the ecommerce giant is looking at getting involved in the crypto space sooner rather than later. So here’s what “getting involved” might look … Continue reading AmazonPrimeCoin?
Robinhood is one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable and fastest-growing startups. And the fintech firm that pioneered commission-free stock trading is soon selling shares of its own in an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company as high as $40 billion. But the big question is: will it make a good investment? Why should you invest? Impressive growth Founded less than a decade ago, Robinhood today boasts almost 18 million active monthly users – double its user count just a year ago. Explosive trading volumes amid the “meme stock frenzy” at the start of 2021 pushed its first-quarter revenue 300% higher than in 2020, and … Continue reading Should You Invest In Robinhood’s IPO?
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