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Equity and Bonds: Two Different Ways of Raising Capital

Equity and Bonds: Two Different Ways of Raising Capital

Raising capital is essential to the long-term health of every company and organisation. Fresh capital is required for hiring more personnel, investing in new technologies, and expanding operations, among other purposes. Equity constitutes one way of raising the sum of money necessary. In general, equity is the measure of ownership

By Marios Papadopoulos
Which sector will prevail in the current market?

Which sector will prevail in the current market?

In an economically uncertain environment subject to policy-driven volatility, the underperformers would be high beta stocks such as the technology sector. The friction and tension surrounding the US-China trade war uncertainty has dampened the forecasted earnings of technology companies such as Apple who recently revised their first quarter earnings forecast.

By Alexander Koh
What are derivatives and how are they used?

What are derivatives and how are they used?

Warren Buffet has described them as “financial weapons of mass destruction”. Robert Kiyosaki said that the subprime Morgage Backed Security (MBS) disaster was a result of them “exploding in financial institutions such as AIG and Lehman Brothers”. So, what exactly are derivatives? A derivative is a financial security with a

By Tom Alston