Why a zero allocation to crypto is hard to justify
Should you invest in crypto? A fundamental question for every investor. In a paper, Ran Duchin, David H. Solomon, Jun Tu, and Xi Wang reach a surprising and provocative conclusion.
Chart of the week: fresh start
What could hardly be considered a surprise anymore still turned into one. The annual revision of US job growth came in even bigger than expected. As anticipated, it triggered a flood of reactions—though often the wrong ones.
Fresh start
What could hardly be considered a surprise anymore still turned into one. The annual revision of US job growth came in even bigger than expected. As anticipated, it triggered a flood of reactions—though often the wrong ones.
How local climate perception affects asset valuations
In a world where climate risk is becoming an increasingly prominent factor, I argue that the psychological perception of this risk has a significant and measurable impact on asset prices.
Chart of the week: ‘Les problèmes’
Lovely vacation or not, some things never change. Like the seemingly endless task of filling lunch boxes for school kids. But also, France’s political instability never ends. The simple reason is that the underlying problem—its budget mess—can no longer be cleaned up.
Investing in the US or in Asia?
Wie instapte na de aankondiging van de Amerikaanse importheffingen (2 april), behaalde bijna 30 procent. Hoe moet het nu verder en waar te beleggen?
WTax: Clearer tax reclaim timelines mean smarter planning
Withholding tax reclaims are often slowed by factors outside an investor’s control. Yet, understanding when refunds should arrive is a severely underused investment tool for improving financial planning and control.
Work ennobles (less and less)
What impact will AI have on the number of jobs, efficiency, and profits of publicly traded companies? It is important to distinguish between the short and the long term.
While the eurozone sinks, the orchestra plays in Frankfurt
At the Weseler Werft, a green strip along the river Main in Frankfurt with a view of the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters, the music of Strauss, Mendelssohn, and Liszt rang out on August 21. The ECB sponsored the Europa Open Air concert to celebrate European diversity.
The vision of Masayoshi Son
In 1996 I came across Cisco’s annual report, which included a CD-ROM presentation by CEO John Chambers titled The internetworking takes off. At that point, there was absolutely no sign of a dot-com hype, though Alan Greenspan thought otherwise in his irrational exuberance speech of December 1996.