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Investments are productive means to use resources. In the financial world, investing is a productive way of managing savings. The investor therefore temporarily removes some of their resources to generate a profit. Therefore, those who receive the capital to manage are specialised and professionally qualified to make these savings productive by investing in financial activities as instructed. Follow me


Strategy to be reshaped in favour of bonds?

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The volatility of the last few weeks and this second half of the year are prompting some managers to wonder whether the time has come to reshape their investment strategy, at least in part. Increase the weight of bonds in the portfolio? As explained by Niccolò Rabitti, Italy Country Head of Morgan Stanley IM, interviewed during an episode of ‘Stay Live’ (on the ‘Financialounge’ portal), the first half of the year was marked by the strength of equities. In the sec ...

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Is your portfolio diversified enough?

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Many investors wonder whether their portfolios are sufficiently diversified in a situation of market uncertainty such as the current one. Some elements of uncertainty looming over the markets Since mid-July, the almost uninterrupted growth of the major stock indices has given way to a period of volatility. There are many elements of uncertainty affecting the markets: the trajectories of monetary policies and inflation, ongoing trade tensions and conflicts, the outcome of the US elections in No ...

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Investing in private equity: what are the benefits and risks?

Investments

What kind of investment is private equity? How do these alternative investments work and why is it reserved almost exclusively for professionals? What is private equity A company or business can raise finance in many ways. They can, for example, list themselves on the financial markets and sell shares. Or they can issue bonds. But if they do not want to or cannot list themselves on the so-called ‘public’ financial markets, they can resort to borrowing or financing in the form of pr ...

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Don't underestimate the bond component

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Bonds are, together with shares, financial securities that are typically present in an investment portfolio. A Capital Group manager outlines some considerations in this regard. Some differences between stocks and bonds On the ‘Lamiafinanza.it’ portal, Jeremy Cunningham, Investment Director for Capital Group Fixed Income, outlines some differences between investing in stocks and bonds. Apart from the fact that they are different financial assets - stocks are corporate shares, while ...

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Expanding the asset allocation horizon

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It is well known that many investors develop a strategy that includes investments not only in stocks and bonds but also in other asset classes. This is the case for Christoph Schmidt, co-head of the DWS Concept Kaldemorgen fund and head of the total return team at DWS. Gabriele Petrucciani also writes about the manager's strategy in the "Corriere della Sera." Alternative assets, gold, currencies, and government bonds One way to diversify a portfolio is by including assets that ar ...

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Third quarter, earnings and investments: instructions to succeed

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The market correction that began in mid-July also has among its culprits corporate profits which, in some cases, have not been able to justify such high share prices in the eyes of investors. Annalisa Lospinuso writes about this in ‘Financialounge’ and, in this regard, takes up some of the considerations in the analysis by Chiara Robba, head of LDI Equity, Generali AM. The end of enthusiasm (for now) for artificial intelligence According to Robba's analysis, the high concentrat ...

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