Latest news and stories about financial markets in Portugal for expats and residents.
Fifty years ago, the advantage in financial markets lay with those who had the best information. Today, with the almost instantaneous dissemination of information, that advantage has practically disappeared. In this new framework, what truly distinguishes an investor is no longer what they know, but how they behave. Those who...
The common people have no say in this... It is the markets at work!
Over the last few decades, US and European stock markets have risen on about two-thirds of trading days. This is one of the most consistent facts of financial markets and, paradoxically, one of the most ignored by investors. In practice, it means that those who remain invested spend most of their time in a...
The bull and the bear dominate financial markets. Doves and hawks divide central banks. Black swans frighten the world. The octopus was the most recent to join the gallery, entering through the management door.
The European Central Bank (ECB) will reduce the approval period for banks' share buy-backs to two weeks, rather than the current three months, from January, it was announced today.
