- Am I too late to buy bitcoin?
The noise around Bitcoin has risen sharply in recent months. With all the talk of its price going up, it’s easy to feel like you’ve missed the boat, like there’s this big party going on that you weren’t invited to and now it’s full. The good news? It’s not full and it never will be….
- Understanding your investment time horizons
Any investment journey begins with an analysis of your needs and goals and the timeframe in which you want to achieve them. It’s a vital first step that will decide what your portfolio looks like. Long-term financial planning for retirement will be different from an investment plan for a downpayment on a house, for example. …
- What is profit?
Profit is essentially what’s left over in revenue once expenses, costs and taxes involved in running a business are taken care of. This profit can then either be reinvested back into the company by its owners or given to themselves as cash. Publicly owned and traded corporations can pay out a portion of these profits…
- Trading strategies
A trading strategy is an approach for longing or shorting financial markets with the aim to earn a profit as consistently as possible. There are lots of different approaches for trading that depend on a trader’s objectives: The trading strategies outlined above are typically used with technical indicators. In addition the chosen strategy is often…
- What is an asset?
An asset is any item, either physical (tangible) or non-physical (intangible) that holds value and can be of benefit to the owner in the future. A house, a vehicle, gold, money and art are all examples of tangible assets, while trademarks, copyrights and computer software are intangible. In financial investing, assets are categorised into three…
- What is a return on investment?
A positive return on investment (ROI) is the holy grail of investing. It’s what all investors are after when they place their confidence and money in a certain asset, and has come to be a universally accepted measure of profitability. ROI is calculated using the following formula, but to simplify things we’re not including variables…
- The different types of cryptocurrencies explained
Cryptocurrencies have proven resistant to being stuffed into neat little boxes, but looking at their various use cases, coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC and Uniswap, for example, are obviously very different from one another. To muddy the waters further, some coins can be both a payment coin and utility coin, but let’s break down the cryptocurrency landscape into the three…
- What is the difference between fiat currency and cryptocurrency?
Fiat currency is money issued and backed by a central bank. It’s the currency we use to pay for everyday expenses and includes the notes in your pocket, digital money in a bank account, and the reserves kept by commercial banks at a central bank. There is nothing underpinning fiat money but trust in the government. …
- A beginner’s guide to the Terra collapse and the future of stablecoins
What exactly happened, and what does it mean for other stablecoins? The collapse of the LUNA and Terra USD (UST) algorithmic stablecoin project has been major news in the crypto space over the past month, with many analysts speculating about what it means for the future of the industry. Let’s look at where it all…
- A step-by-step guide to who does what in crypto
The crypto industry is a big machine with a legion of essential service providers that keep the wheels turning and the machine moving forward. The miners mint coins, the crypto exchanges and platforms provide marketplaces and wallets, while investment funds look for profits by investing their clients’ coins. And these are the obvious ones. There…
The noise around Bitcoin has risen sharply in recent months. With all the talk of its price going up, it’s easy to feel like you’ve missed the boat, like there’s this big party going on that you weren’t invited to and now it’s full. The good news? It’s not full and it never will be….
Any investment journey begins with an analysis of your needs and goals and the timeframe in which you want to achieve them. It’s a vital first step that will decide what your portfolio looks like. Long-term financial planning for retirement will be different from an investment plan for a downpayment on a house, for example. …
Profit is essentially what’s left over in revenue once expenses, costs and taxes involved in running a business are taken care of. This profit can then either be reinvested back into the company by its owners or given to themselves as cash. Publicly owned and traded corporations can pay out a portion of these profits…
An asset is any item, either physical (tangible) or non-physical (intangible) that holds value and can be of benefit to the owner in the future. A house, a vehicle, gold, money and art are all examples of tangible assets, while trademarks, copyrights and computer software are intangible. In financial investing, assets are categorised into three…
A positive return on investment (ROI) is the holy grail of investing. It’s what all investors are after when they place their confidence and money in a certain asset, and has come to be a universally accepted measure of profitability. ROI is calculated using the following formula, but to simplify things we’re not including variables…
Cryptocurrencies have proven resistant to being stuffed into neat little boxes, but looking at their various use cases, coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDC and Uniswap, for example, are obviously very different from one another. To muddy the waters further, some coins can be both a payment coin and utility coin, but let’s break down the cryptocurrency landscape into the three…
Fiat currency is money issued and backed by a central bank. It’s the currency we use to pay for everyday expenses and includes the notes in your pocket, digital money in a bank account, and the reserves kept by commercial banks at a central bank. There is nothing underpinning fiat money but trust in the government. …
What exactly happened, and what does it mean for other stablecoins? The collapse of the LUNA and Terra USD (UST) algorithmic stablecoin project has been major news in the crypto space over the past month, with many analysts speculating about what it means for the future of the industry. Let’s look at where it all…
The crypto industry is a big machine with a legion of essential service providers that keep the wheels turning and the machine moving forward. The miners mint coins, the crypto exchanges and platforms provide marketplaces and wallets, while investment funds look for profits by investing their clients’ coins. And these are the obvious ones. There…