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The growing likelihood that the US election will turn into a disputed outcome, which could take weeks or months to determine who will be president of the United States for the next four years, could be dramatic for financial markets. Read more

An increase of almost 2,900 percent? It happened this year with the shares of Novacyt, a British-French biotech company. For a long time, there were doubts about the survival of the biotech company, but nowadays it has a positive reputation and the stock enjoys the full attention of investors. It is an example of the sometimes-sudden advance of biotech players. Read more

On August 28, two household names - Apple and Tesla - executed a stock split. What is a stock split and what does it mean for you as an investor? Read more

Our team of stock market specialists receives on a daily basis questions from investors about investing in gold. Is this perhaps the time to use - part of - your money to invest in the gold market? Is the gold price indeed going to rise further or are you - certainly in these virus times - just wise to keep the fever in this market at bay? Read more

The liquidity of options is important for almost every investor in options. In this article, I will discuss several factors that influence the liquidity of options and what the (possible) consequences are for you as an investor. Read more

Wirecard - the financial specialist in payment processing, card issuance, and risk management services - has negatively been in the news a lot lately. The reason? The stock was well above € 100 in the morning of June 18 but started the same day with an unprecedented 60% price drop when it was announced that the company had lost € 1.9 billion. Should that be a warning for investors in fintech in general? Read more

Although international stock markets have risen sharply recently, the corona crisis threatens to haunt the economy and financial markets for years to come. Markets will continue to be under pressure by the rollback of globalisation and a worrying zombification of our economy, where countries and companies with trillions of loans are kept on their feet. Read more

The demonstrations fueled by the death of the American George Floyd lead and in my circles - colleagues, family and friends - to the necessary conversations about inequality. I have also noticed that the complex subject is alive among investors. But as befits investors, they also try to think in terms of opportunities. Read more