Another banking crisis?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode will be about the risk in financial markets over bank runs, and the liquidity fears and contagion risks ramping up in the financial sector – something legitimate or white noise? Large declines in financials, i.e. banks – Last...
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Welcome to Finance and Fury. Is it better to invest in passive or active funds? Big question, that can have big consequences for an investment strategy Whether investors should opt for actively managed funds or passively managed funds has long been the subject of a...
read moreIs it worthwhile to invest in defensive Managed Funds or ETFs?
I hope you are going well and welcome to Finance and Fury – In this episode we go through the second part of a question from David – that is: Are the cash assets that held in managed funds or etfs equivalent to holding cash in the bank? If so, instead of investing in...
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I hope you're going well and welcome to Finance and Fury. This week we have a question from a listener, David, in relation to bonds. The question is “Are the predicted interest rate hikes already factored into the price of the bond market? Or do you think we'll see...
read moreWill a Russian debt default cause a global financial collapse?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Will a Russian debt default cause a global financial collapse? There are some major concerns amongst financial pundits at the moment in relation to debt defaults from the Russian gov – But is Russia defaulting on their debts something new?...
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Welcome to Finance and Fury. In this episode we will be looking at the Property market in China and focus on the Evergrande developments – in particular if there is actually a timebomb starting to surface – and look at the potential contagion risks to the rest of the...
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