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Month: July 2016

Exploring the Financial Lifecycle of a Cash-Cow Industry

Exploring the Financial Lifecycle of a Cash-Cow Industry

In every generation there’s at least one event or one product which changes things around completely, making a few people extremely wealthy while spawning a lot of secondary markets which run parallel to whatever that major paradigm shift is. It happens in just about every area of our lives, from solving a problem which is associated with our basic needs to even something like entertainment. Major events, discoveries, inventions etc. such as oil, the VCR machine, the internet etc. are…

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Investing Vs. Trading

Investing Vs. Trading

Due in large part to the booming online trading market, people often get confused about whether what they’re doing via their online platform of choice is in fact trading or investing. The lines become blurred a bit when brokers operating an online trading platform offer both of these financial instruments with which to buy and sell securities. The lines are blurred further when one takes into account the fact that someone using these financial instruments can indeed be both a…

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Is it Worth Getting into Cryptocurrencies?

Is it Worth Getting into Cryptocurrencies?

If you had invested in perhaps the most popular cryptocurreny, Bitcoin, a mere three years ago or so, you’d be smiling right about now because Bitcoin has indeed grown quite nicely in its valuation against fiat currencies. There are many other cryptocurrencies which are fighting for their share of the market, all making use of what appears to be a revolutionary way of making use of the rather simple concept of a publically available ledger, otherwise known as the blockchain….

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Online Trading – Who Makes the Real Money?

Online Trading – Who Makes the Real Money?

Have you noticed how over the last couple of years or so, there seems to have been a serious spike in the number of online trading platforms? In addition, more airtime on business channels seems to be allocated to shows about trading and investing, particularly trading and investing in the stock markets, whether directly (buying shares) or indirectly (trading derivatives). It’s not just a coincidence and good on you if you have indeed noticed what seems to be a serious…

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