How to restore Trust in Financial Markets?
What approach or method should be used to restore the confidence in the financial markets and financial institutions? Why?...
New Global Reserve Currency needed?
Today's economic recession with all its social consequences was caused by financially irresponsible behavior of US regulators, banks, companies and consumers. Having said that, it is remarkable and un...
List of Investment Mantras
Let's collect a list of investment mantras here!
If possible, let's also add the circumstances / market conditions that make them valid (or not).
1. "When confident, concentrate; when doubtful dive...
Know your Customer (KYC)
The Know Your Customer (KYC) principle - also called Customer Due Diligence or CDD - prescribes that a financial institution has to know its customer well before they are accepted as a customer. Befor...
Never Waste a Good Crisis as Investor
"Never Waste a Good Crisis" or "Never let a good crisis go to waste" is often attributed to Winston Churchill, although if you dig a bit deeper you'll find that he actually never said it! Anyway, it i...
Alternative Investments
What are Alternative Investments? Meaning
Alternative Investments is an umbrella term that refers to all asset classes other than the traditional (conventional) ones, being Stocks, Bonds, and Cash. T...
The Equity Method in Accounting
The Equity Method is a tool of accounting used by companies to record their equity investments in a separate company or entity which becomes their associate company or joint venture company. With the...
Foreign Investment Guarantees
A foreign investment guarantee is an international investment contract defined as a (written) agreement whereby a foreign company is obligated to provide technical and/or financial assistance, with th...
Cryptocurrencies - Characteristics, PROs and CONs
A cryptocurrency is an electronic means of payment and payment system that uses a peer-to-peer network which is fully decentralized and has no server or central authority.
Characteristics of Crypto...
Financial Management - Definition and Aspects
Financial management refers to the process of planning, organizing, controlling, and monitoring the financial resources of an individual, organization, or business to achieve financial goals and objec...
Investing by Business Firms
Many people, when they hear the term "investment", probably think of investing in financial securities. However, investing is not only limited to financial securities. It is a broad term referring to ...
Minority Shares Buyback
Hi, I'd like to ask about accounting for shares buyback for the following case:
10% of the shares of company A are owned by an investor. Company B buys those 10% shares from the third party investor....