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Irrational Exuberance (Book)
Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics published a New York Times Bestseller:
Irrational Exuberance is about something far more important than the current situation in any given market because the book explains the forces that move all markets up and down. It shows...
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Inflation und Dein Geburtsjahr
Inflation und Dein Geburtsjahr
Wir nehmen Inflation meistens dadurch wahr, dass alles teurer wird. Aber eigentlich beschreibt der Begriff nicht die Preise, sondern den Wert unseres Geldes. Und das verdeutlicht sich am besten an einer langen Zeitleiste:
Deutschland-Fokus: Folgend den ...
Cost of Capital (WACC)
Cost of Capital (WACC)
There is no number in finance that is used in more places or in more contexts than the cost of capital. In corporate finance, it is the hurdle rate on investments, an optimizing tool for capital structure and a divining rod for dividends. In valuation, it plays..
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Top BrandZ 2017 - Selection from Top 100
Top BrandZ 2017 - Selection from Top 100
Technology giants Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook take the top 5 places in the 2017 BrandZ top 100 most valuable global brands ranking released by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown.
It is also very interesting to see, that 25% of the total ...
10fold & is a Bubble? (what do you say 'bout China?)
10fold = Bubble?
(what do you say 'bout China?)
No, the following chart is NOT Bitcoin and also not the GDP of China between the years 1990 and 2005. Both of which increased tenfold within different timeframes. Bitcoin rose from 500 USD to ca. 5,000 in a couple of some quarters; Nasdaq:
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Nasdaq-100 (Magic 6,000 level)
Nasdaq-100 (Magic 6,000 level, Sep. 2017)
The Nasdaq-100 along with its components like Amazon (near USD 1,000 - leve) is fighting against the roof - placed @ a level of 6,000 points. Either the NDX fails again or breaks through that level with a closing > 6k on a friday?
In the following ...
Home Bias vs. Cosmopolitan
Home Bias versus Cosmopolitan
Everyone is guilty of home country bias, let's be different:
Try to invest/be(come) COSMOPOLITAN !
For many people, there's no place like home. But if you're only investing at home, first: you are taking high(er) risks and 2nd sometime you're missing out...
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DAX, Dow Jones (Rücksetzer, "Drawdowns")
DAX, Dow Jones (Rücksetzer, "Drawdowns")
Seit dem inoffiziellen Start von meinem Projekt "Black Swan" im Sommer/Juli 2014 herum legten Dax und Dow Jones um +25,1% sowie +29,5% zu (Status: 8. Sep. 2017). Dazwischen, seit 1. Juli 2014, kam es in beiden Aktienindizes zu Korrekturen.
Beim Dow ...
Microsoft (1995 - Sep. 2017)
Microsoft (1995 - Sep. 2017)
Microsoft hat jüngst einen neuen Meilenstein erreicht. Zum ersten Mal in der Firmengeschichte erzielte der Windows-Erfinder mit seiner Cloud-Softwaresuite Office 365 mehr Umsatz als mit seinem klassischen Office-Softwarepaket, das auf dem Computer...
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