What is a Brokered Market? A brokered market involves agents or intermediaries in purchase and sale transactions to facilitate price discovery and transacting the execution. Brokered markets often exist in areas of the economy where there is a certain level of expertise required to complete a transaction. In cases where members of the general public…
The cabin crew makes many people fantasize: being paid to travel around the world and sleeping in hotels that are never disgusting, of course… It’s a dream come true. But I will quickly calm you down: this is only a tiny part of their daily life. In reality, it’s a much tougher and tougher way…
What Is a Bill of Lading? A bill of lading is a legal document issued by a carrier to a shipper that details the type, quantity, and destination of the goods being carried. The bill of lading acts as a document of titlea receipt for shipped goods, and a contract between a carrier and shipper. The…
Surely you have already heard of the various miracles that people claim to have experienced all over the world for hundreds of years. These extraordinary facts are most of the time associated with divine intervention and even if some remain mysterious, many of them could be explained over time. We’re still waiting to find out…
Cash or stock dividends distributed to shareholders are not recorded as an expense on a company’s income statement. Stock and cash dividends do not affect a company’s net income or profit. Instead, dividends impact the shareholders’ equity section of the balance sheet. Dividends, whether cash or stock, represent a reward to investors for their investment…
Every year it’s the same, lots of people go on a trip to New York as if it was THE dream destination par excellence and that you absolutely had to go there to be someone cool. When in fact it’s just a city, and there are many other cities near you. In a completely objective…
What Is the Portable Alpha Strategy? The portable alpha strategy focuses on investing in stocks or other assets that have demonstrated little or no correlation with the markets. To do this, investors separate alpha from beta by investing in securities that are not in the market index from which their beta is derived. Key Takeaways…
We know that stars are very lucky to be rich, famous and adored by everyone, but for nothing in the world would I want to be in their shoes. After being harassed, even tracked, by fans as reckless as paparazzi, some celebrities have decided to stop posing for fan photos or signing autographs. After reading…
Life is made up of little daily hassles, more or less re-hired. If in some cases, we are all in the same basket (and a basket that is not in good shape, if you ask me), tell yourself that there is always worse. I swear. So think for 5 seconds about the life of left-handed…