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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
We’ve written about cryptocurrencies (CCs) before at CityFALCON, and that piece was largely focused on the technological aspects of them and how they can be related to real commerce and trade. In another article, we wrote about Initial Coin Offerings… Continue Reading →
Wherever money is involved, there is innovation. That is no different for blockchain technology. The popular transaction-tracking technology, which we have written on before here, is now being applied in a way to raise funds for a venture. Part crowdfunding,… Continue Reading →
We have come a long way since the days of a barter system. It hasn’t been necessary to have a specific good and trade it for some other specific good for a long time. For most of written history, there… Continue Reading →
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