ESG funds are mutual funds whose investments are guided by the principles of environmental conservation, social protection, and excellent governance criteria. For instance, carbon neutrality and a diverse board of…
A trillion dollars is unfathomable to many, but not for five global corporations in the trillion-dollar companies club. In June this year, the trillion-dollar market cap club expanded after Facebook…
The forex market is a high-stakes industry, with over $5 trillion exchanged daily all over the world. This has attracted a lot of participants, honest traders and fraudsters alike, each…
A junk bond is a debt issued by a firm that lacks an investment-grade credit rating. Junk bonds are sometimes considered high-yield bonds since their interest payments are greater than…
The cost of most things is rising in the US. Official data show that the overall cost of items is rising by more than 5% year on year. This is…
A shell company is a special purpose vehicle used by individuals and companies for the transaction of strategic business on their behalf. The word "shell" denotes that such an entity…
In the fascinating world of financial instruments, two of the words most often referred to are CFDs (contracts for difference) and investing. Thanks to technological advancements, several ways of making…
In financial markets, all assets and subsets of assets are often categorized into different types. Within currencies, there are high yield and safe haven currencies; within fixed income, there are…
Over the years, several fascinating styles of financial markets have come to the fore, one of which is binary options. Binary options are a unique derivative based on betting-style market…
A flash crash is a largely inexplicable, irregular market event where the price of a financial instrument suddenly and dramatically reduces in value before quickly recovering. As the term suggests,…
When new investors introduce themselves to the financial markets, one frequently used the term they see is CFD, which stands for contract for difference. With the rise of more electronic…
Yield spread refers to the difference between one bond's yield and another. Therefore, to calculate yield spread, we subtract the yield of a bond from the other. A spread tells…