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ARTICLES IN THE TOPIC “Know-How”
First virtual chart analyst – bot learns to “look at” charts
The intuition of an experienced chart analyst contributes significantly to a correct forecast. With the help of around one million charts of shares, Erste AM trained the world’s first virtual chart analyst.
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Equities and funds are gaining popularity
Flexibility and security are still the priorities of Austrian households in investing. However, higher yielding investment forms are becoming increasingly popular.
USA: Inverse yield curve fuels fear of recession
In the US bond market, the yield on two-year government bonds had risen above the yield on ten-year bonds, creating the rare situation of an inverse yield curve. This was last the case in 2007.
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Investment horizon – phrase or mathematics?
Under the search term “investment horizon” there are numerous definitions on the internet. What does the term “investment horizon” actually mean? In our blog post we give an overview of the most important features of the investment horizon.
Transformation process in China
China accounts for just under 16% of world gross domestic product, making it the second largest economy in the world. Can this success story be continued – what speaks for and what against it?
Ethical, environmentally conducive, lucrative: what is sustainable investment?
I have my ethics and morals: more and more people want to invest their capital ecologically and ethically. What is sustainable investment and how does it work?
A brief history of time.. and markets
In the nineteen-sixties, mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot noticed something that experienced traders had known for long: that time at the stock exchange does not always run the same. Read about the relativity of time here.
Knowing the Future: parallels between weather and financial forecasting
Google ‚forecasting future‘, and over 28 million hits appear. Clearly, knowing what will happen before it happens is big business: from financial markets to the weather, and anything in between, says Rosmarie de Wit, Austrian center for meteorology (ZAMG).
How does inflation work? – Part 2: Inflation drivers
There are many factors that may affect inflation. Also, the weights of certain factors may vary across countries. Take the development of the exchange rate, for example.