June 19 2023 🕓 5 min
Depression vs recession – what is the difference?
It is important to know how recession and depression differ from each other. It is also important to know they are a part of the economy and business cycle.
Market Movers
May 12 2023
NZD weakens on all fronts
The New Zealand dollar (NZD) fell on all fronts on Friday. NZD/USD is down 1.4% and NZD/JPY dropped 1.2%, while GBP/NZD is up 1.3%.
May 12 2023
Inflation levels update
The annual inflation rate in India dropped from 5.6% in March to 4.7% in April. Brazil’s inflation fell from 4.6% to 4.1%. However, inflation in Spain accelerated from 3.3% to 4.1%, and France’s inflation jumped from 5.7% to 5.9%.
May 12 2023
Mark Cuban praises AI
The potential of AI, according to Mark Cuban, is “beyond anything I’ve ever seen,” and he compared ChatGPT to the early days of the internet. Cuban has a straightforward piece of advice for businesses: join the AI race or perish. Cuban stated, “There are two types of companies in the world: those who are great at AI and everyone else.”
November 5 2021 🕓 3 min
What did the latest FED meeting show?
Federal Reserve (FED) is a central bank of United States. It is logical that the decisions of FED have market-moving power and it is therefore important to follow the claims and statements of this central bank. Many people focused on yesterdays´ meeting since people believed that it was important due to numerous reasons. What actually happened?
October 15 2021 🕓 2 min
Evergrande and inflation are scaring the markets
The Evergrande case is not being mentioned as frequently in the media as a few weeks ago, however, this does not mean that its impact is over. Quite the contrary. In China, the domino effect is slowly gaining up momentum and other large companies are experiencing their fair share of problems as well.
October 1 2021 🕓 3 min
Markets bombarded by a barrage of economic data on Thursday
So many econ data today, yet the market volatility has been minimal so far. Will it continue during the US session?
September 26 2021 🕓 3 min
Five habits of everyday millionaires
Who would not want to become a millionaire? Well maybe a billionaire, but not a lot of people are born billionaires. Vast majority of people is far from being millionaires. What should they do if they want to change it?
September 22 2021 🕓 2 min
Investro Tea: Week #38
Hollywood has officially lost its power over TV. A Silicon Valley Netflix has become a first streaming provider to receive the most Emmy awards in a single year. Overall, Netflix received 44 awards. Let´s also look together at different news from the world.
September 8 2021 🕓 2 min
Investro Tea: Week #36
Bitcoin has officially become a legal tender in Salvador. This country now also holds approximately 550 BTC. Lets have a look at this news as well as other news from the markets with our traditional Investro Tea.
September 1 2021 🕓 3 min
Investro Tea: Week #35
Tennis US Open is starting this week its 141. journey. It is not only the last grandslam tournament of the year, but it is also the first one in more than two decades without Federer, Nadal or Serena Williams. Well this only shows that everything in the world slowly changes. The same applies to the markets.
August 25 2021 🕓 3 min
Investro Tea: Week #34
According to IHS Markit, the scarcity of microchip supplies caused by the pandemic will slow down the industry next year as well.
August 18 2021 🕓 2 min
Investro Tea: Week #33
Yesterday the S&P 500 rose to the level that is double of Covid-19 low of 23rd of March. To reach that level, S&P 500 only needed 354 trading days which is the fastest growing recovery of major index in the history.
August 4 2021 🕓 2 min
Investro Tea: Week #31
Athletes are winning gold medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics despite the ongoing pandemic, which is constantly damaging the economy - mostly Asia.
July 28 2021 🕓 2 min
Investro Tea: Week #30
After delays caused by the COVID pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have finally started. From the financial standpoint, it is in red numbers. However, we must not forget that there is much more going on in the field of economics and finance. So today, let's take a look at some economic news.
July 21 2021 🕓 2 min
Investro Tea: Week #29
Amsterdam is the first city in the world to have a 3D-printed bridge. Investment in technological advancement should not be missing in your portfolio.