Introduction It’s been 10 rewarding years since I launched the company from my tiny London bedroom in a shared apartment in June 2014. As expected, there have been many ups and downs. My goal of building a cash-flow-positive sustainable business… Continue Reading →
Master Investor Show 2024 CityFALCON has been one of the partners of the MIS event for several years and we are excited to attend the same on 9th Mar 2024. We’ll be at booth M56 showcasing our latest AI-powered tools… Continue Reading →
We have launched our new AI-powered sector classification system DCSC (www.dcsc.ai ) to help users build smart portfolios, research industries, and build better knowledge management systems. Existing industry classification systems (either proprietary or government) were designed for slow economic and… Continue Reading →
Last quarter, our team was busy adding more AI-powered features for financial intelligence and improving user experience. These improvements and features include: Personalised, AI-driven push notifications Translation to English from 35 languages Rebranding to CityFALCON.ai (read full blog) Better watchlist… Continue Reading →
Introduction: At CityFalcon, our mission is to democratise access to financial intelligence, from market news and analytics around the world to education and new and better tools for investors, traders, and enterprises. We’ve done this by leveraging Natural language Processing… Continue Reading →
2022 is giving 2020 a run for its money: Russia invaded Ukraine and the spillover is wreaking havoc in markets and geopolitics; Zero-Covid policies in China continue to crush the global supply chain; inflation is pressuring central banks to raise… Continue Reading →
This post is not about whether or not you should buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. It’s about what points you should consider before making your buy and sell decisions. I hope that at the end of reading this post, you… Continue Reading →
I’ve invested in several companies on Seedrs and Crowdcube, and there are a couple of major challenges I face: I don’t have enough tools and data to conduct my research and due diligence prior to investing in a company, After… Continue Reading →
In celebration of our 6th anniversary and as a sort of complement to my article 15 Lessons from 15,000 Hours of FinTech Entrepreneurship, I want to publish some of my biggest mistakes so other entrepreneurs may avoid them. Editor’s Note:… Continue Reading →
If you’ve been paying any attention to the markets during these turbulent times, it’s likely you’ve encountered references to the VIX, otherwise known as the Volatility Index, or its rather ominous nickname, the ‘fear index’. Given the devastating impact of… Continue Reading →
What are the top topics for investors and traders in the financial space? Anyone with a keen interest in finance knows how imperative it is to understand market trends, predict behaviour, and stay updated on the most relevant and trending… Continue Reading →
Most of us have lost money in startups: the asset class is inherently risky, markets are often illiquid, and entrepreneurs are not always straightforward or forthcoming. The owners and founders may manage cash poorly, be grossly negligent in their duties,… Continue Reading →
What’s a big Cricket shot have to do with a company valuation? One of the first things I tell investors is that we go for the risky, big shots, even if it means there’s a chance of striking out. … Continue Reading →
You have excess capital and want to make an investment. Perhaps you want some stability, so you look to the fixed income market, where your return is, well, fixed. Or perhaps you want a lot more potential upside, and a… Continue Reading →
On 30 June 2019, we completed 5 years of our darling – CityFALCON. Over the last 5 years, I’ve followed my passion (not “worked”) – a lot. On average about 60 hours a week, 50 weeks a year. That gave… Continue Reading →
Commission-free is a hot buzzword in the brokerage and investing communities right now. Robinhood was one of the first FinTechs to launch and become successful with the commission-free strategy, and many other lean FinTechs have sprung up to compete, such… Continue Reading →
We’ve been working hard backstage to improve what we offer, from the basic watchlist to analytics. We often update our products, too, so they’re at the forefront of best practices and (mostly) bug-free. We’re quite proud of what we’ve created… Continue Reading →
We have been exhibiting at the Master Investor Show in London for the last 3 years. We thought we’d share with you why we attend these kinds of events and what they mean to us. We also thought we’d give… Continue Reading →
Disclaimer: in no way were any developers harmed in the process of researching this article. Some days they are trying to squeeze ridiculous amounts of money out of you. Other days, they are your older, protective siblings solving your problems… Continue Reading →
There are three sources of cash for startups: customer money, investor money, and government money. The first one comes from many individuals or clients in small payments, the second tends to come in larger payments but from fewer individuals, and… Continue Reading →
Apart from democratising access to financial news and content, we are now launching a premium version whereby users have access to all the information they need without the advertising and clutter. Moreover, users will be able to benefit from content… Continue Reading →
The combination of detailed independent research and up-to-the-minute tailored news coverage provides a powerful tool for investors and industry professionals. We are glad to announce that we have signed up Smartkarma, the global investment research network, as a client… Continue Reading →
Note: We are not tax advisors, and you should refer to your financial advisor before making any investment decisions. Governments are keen to bolster their economies, and one of the most effective ways to build up a strong economy is… Continue Reading →
We are glad to have RequirementOne, a leading end-to-end compliance RegTech platform, as a partner. RequirementOne is using CityFALCON’s technology to keep clients updated in real time about the latest financial news that could potentially impact their compliance environment. “CityFALCON’s… Continue Reading →
You must be wondering what a baseball hit has to do with a company’s valuation but this is the first thing I let most of our investors know – we are going for a home run even if it means… Continue Reading →
The world today is highly interconnected, and what happens across the globe may eventually affect investors and consumers at home. Supply chains are long, multinational corporations invest and operate in far-flung locales, and modern telecommunications technology allows us to see… Continue Reading →
Interest rates are a prime factor in any borrowing decision, and modern financial capitalism encourages responsible borrowing for the expansion of businesses and consumerism. That means interest rates affect everything across the economy, and the prices of assets are no… Continue Reading →
Raiffeisen Bank is a lead corporate and investment bank in Austria and has retail and other banking operations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets. The bank has been working closing with FinTech start-ups to improve its offerings to clients…. Continue Reading →
Goldex, the first smart trading technology platform allowing retail customers to invest in physical gold, today announced its partnership with CityFALCON – a leading curated financial news service platform. The recently launched Goldex start-up is using CityFALCON’s technology to keep… Continue Reading →
I recently gave a TEDx speech in Portugal on the topics of FinTech and how AI, ML, and society are changing the financial world. I only had a short 10 minutes to speak, so here I will flesh out the… Continue Reading →
In the last article, we explored how cryptocurrency exchanges and traditional stock exchanges differ. The FinTech world is not limited to cryptocurrency, though, and plenty of other concepts and processes in finance has been digitised and provided by FinTech firms…. Continue Reading →
The world’s major stock exchanges have been at the forefront of technology for decades, largely because of the massive potential for technological leverage and the astronomical amounts of capital and money at play. Recently, global exchanges have undergone a period… Continue Reading →
This post is inspired by the presentation by Kaushik Punjabi at London Value Investing Club. The content of the post however is the view of the author. We always hear we should start to save for retirement early. We should reinvest our dividends… Continue Reading →
For those in the AI community in London, David White doesn’t need much introduction. He co-founded Kusiri which was acquired by PWC in 2015. Given his passion for data and AI, he co-founded Import.io where he also served as the… Continue Reading →
You might see headlines such as a fund or a company has announced a 1000% dividend or also how some funds and smart managers only invest in dividend-paying stocks. In this article, we cover the basics around dividends and whether… Continue Reading →
If you have ever received any income, you are at least somewhat familiar with taxes. Many people who hold salaried, full-time jobs as their sole source of income may simply know they pay taxes on their income and at the… Continue Reading →
Cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Even if the fervour has died down from its heights of Winter 2017-2018, the technology itself is still developing and will continue to do so. Bitcoin futures launched in December 2017 in the United States… Continue Reading →
In this final instalment of our series of posts (see the earlier posts here – Part I- Introduction to ETFs, Mutual Funds, REITs, ETNs , Part II- All you need to know about REITs, ETNs), we will assume you have decided to… Continue Reading →
While we termed REITs as funds, technically they do not have the term “fund” in the name. Either way, they are still pools of assets to help investors gain exposure to otherwise inaccessible assets. In this case, the asset class… Continue Reading →
MFs, ETFs, REITs, ETNs. Four acronyms many investors may be familiar with, and in their expanded form, they are familiar to many members of the noninvesting public. Mutual funds, born in their modern form in the early 20th century, enable… Continue Reading →
CityFALCON’s goal is to provide our users with digestible data to inform investment decisions. For those who are beginning their journey into value investing, we would like to extend our welcome by helping you start off in the right direction…. Continue Reading →
This post is inspired by the presentation by Ashish Kaushal at London Value Investing Club. The content of the post, however, is the view of the author. Humans have always considered some objects as assets. Food, shelter, clothing, water. These have… Continue Reading →
The term cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm. There are plenty of articles, and office watercooler gatherings around the globe are buzzing with crypto-this and crypto-that. It is the “next big thing”. The recent spectacular rise in several currencies’… Continue Reading →
We, humans, are social creatures by nature. Our banding together and sharing of information has catapulted us from cavemen to spacefarers in just a few millennia. Society and human contact are essential to our success. But, as with anything, there… Continue Reading →
2017 was a wild year. The inauguration of Donald Trump, the Brexit impasse and negotiations, possible far-right populist victories in European elections, the threat of nuclear war in East Asia, separatist movements within the EU, the meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies… Continue Reading →
Many investors, old and new alike, suggest that you stay away from bubbles. And if you have long-term capital appreciation interests in mind, then it is definitely advisable to avoid them. But if you are willing to trade on the… Continue Reading →
We’ve written about the differences between investing and trading before – Difference Between Stock Market Investing and Trading – Don’t Mix Up the Strategies. These two strategies sound similar, but they have very different foundations and philosophies. Here, we will… Continue Reading →
Back in 1999, I was in my final year of graduate school in finance and economics. Most of the students in my class and/or their families were involved in the Indian stock markets. The game was simple – apply for… Continue Reading →
Most people around the world view education as a means to a prosperous life. When reliable manufacturing and physical labour jobs were a staple of Western, industrial economies, tertiary education was considered for the elites only. Costs were relatively low,… Continue Reading →
This year marks the 8th year of the bull run which started in March 2009. It’s a cycle which has shown resilience against all odds and propelled the index higher by 240%. In fact, untoward incidents that were expected to… Continue Reading →
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