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Growth or Value Investing

In the midst of the current economic environment of rising inflation and economic slowdown, exists a recurring debate among investors of which is better – growth or value investing? Many…

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Inflation Targeting

Inflation is generally defined as a rise in the general level of prices over a given period of time and is often compared to standardised timeframes such as month-on-month, quarter-on-quarter…

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Bear Markets

The terms bear and bull markets refer to trends in stock markets and can be used to describe the share price pattern in an overall market or index.  Individual securities…

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The Costs and Benefits of Dollarization

Currency substitution, also known as dollarization, refers to a country’s use of a foreign currency in parallel to or in place of its own domestic currency. While currency substitution can…

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Is Stagflation a real threat today?

It is little surprise that the word “stagflation” is trending as the world contends with the possibility of slower economic growth, higher unemployment and higher inflation. Stagflation would be an…

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Climate Change & The Labour Market

The recent surge in catastrophic natural disasters and worldwide calamities would have forced most countries to re-evaluate economic growth models with specific emphasis on consumption and production practices. Presently, through…

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