Flight to quality Australian property will do very well as a safe-haven asset, according to Pete Wargent, co-founder of Australia’s first national marketplace for property buying services, BuyersBuyers. Mr Wargent said: “Global financial markets are somewhat spooked by a number of risks, such as rising inflation due to the food and fuel crisis, a possible […]
KanawatTH/iStock via Getty Images War, unrest and chaos tend to shorten our attention spans, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is no different. As the world recovers from the crisis, the backlash is rippling through the global economy and markets. Volatility and uncertainty have increased – in the short term. But when it’s hard to look […]
Amid escalating geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, many riskier assets have recently suffered bouts of weakness. Bitcoin is part of this group. The biggest digital currency is down 5% in the past week, as of the end of February 24, putting pressure on exchange-traded funds like the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF) In the […]
AAmid escalating geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, many riskier assets have recently suffered bouts of weakness. Bitcoin is part of this group. The biggest digital currency is down 5% in the past week, as of the end of February 24, putting pressure on exchange-traded funds like the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF) In the […]
A little knowledge By the end of 1991, I had worked at Morningstar for almost four years and was studying for my Chartered Financial Analyst designation. It made me kind of an investment expert (or so I thought). When mainstream investors bought balanced funds, they were content to hold the traditional asset mix of 60% […]
Bitcoin (BTC) came under heavy pressure and lost more than 10% after Elon Musk suggested that Tesla could get rid of its Bitcoin holdings in the future. “Indeed,” Musk appears to have a strong influence in the crypto space and this has been reflected in the past few weeks and months. Indeed – Elon Musk, […]