There are five main indicators of investment risk that apply to the analysis of stocks, bonds, and mutual fund portfolios. They are alpha, beta, r-squaredstandard deviation, and the Sharpe ratio. These statistical measures are historical predictors of investment risk/volatility and they are all major components of modern portfolio theory (MPT). MPT is a standard financial…
We may have liked the Auberge Espagnole, but it’s still a thousand times better to experience an Erasmus in real life at university. And it’s when you see the best anecdotes of Erasmus told on Twitter that you realize that it is certainly one of the most beautiful moments to live in your student life…
Nature is amazing, besides nature has superpowers, because there are certain aspects of our world that seem quite unlikely but still exist. At the level of the animal kingdom it is exactly the same thing: certain creatures have unique characteristics or that they share with an extremely limited number of species and we are going…
What Is Fixed Capital? Fixed capital includes the assets and capital investmentssuch as property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), that are needed to start up and conduct business, even at a minimal stage. These assets are considered fixed in that they are not consumed or destroyed during the actual production of a good or service but…
Cinema is a cruel and ruthless world that can send you into retirement long before your age. If some actors and actresses have paid the price, it has also happened for some directors, one of whose films turned out to be such a failure that it burned their careers. If most of them are not…
How about talking about the best Sitcom in the history of TV by giving you a little list of little mistakes and hidden tricks in the series? Somehow you have no way to answer me clearly “no”, so I will continue to write and pretend that you said “yes”, otherwise it completely ruins my top…
Micron Technology, Inc. (IN) stock is trading higher by nearly 5% on Wednesday morning after the company posted profits of $0.45 per share, beating second quarter 2020 estimates by a wide margin. Revenues at $4.8 billion came up short, but shareholders were encouraged by third quarter 2020 revenue guidance between $4.6 billion and $5.2 billion,…
Hello friends, the moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived: it’s time for the top tweets of the week! I suggest we celebrate it with a big round: for that, we all have to virtually shake hands (you can put a “shaking hands” emoji in the comments). Have fun, love your neighbor and see…
All children have tantrums in public, at least once in their life. Way to test our limits, and to offer us a long moment of solitude. It’s no big deal, it’s life, and it’s part of the learning process. The difference between our kids and those of the stars is that nobody cares that your…