Bill Combs

USA

Lately the dollar and BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa ) have been the talk of the town.

BRICS would like to introduce their own currency to compete with the dollar and become the most used currency in the future.

However, there are problems, such as the fact that not all countries may agree and that many countries have huge debts in dollars. So I think it...
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USA

- 25bp interest rate increase

- rates at 5-2.25%

A 25bp interest rate hike was announced in the US on Wednesday, as you all know.

Beyond that, not much is known about what is to come later this year, whether rates will stay or whether interest rates will be raised or lowered.

It depends on how inflation and the job market are doing.

Pfizer $PFE

Pfizer reported its quarterly results yesterday.

Sector : Pharmaceuticals.

Focus, specialization : production of drugs for humans and animals and the company also focuses on fighting various diseases such as : cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer's disease.

Products : Viagra or the vaccine against COVID-19.

Results :

Revenues : $18.3 billion

Earnings per share : $1.23

Education

Investing in stocks, for example, is sometimes a bit of luck, but it's good to have some skill and some knowledge that you learn through some self-education.

Such self-education includes books,videos, platforms, websites, social networks etc... .

Personally I find it better to start from simple books for example, where one learns all those basics and necessary things to...
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Long Term Investing vs Trading

Would like to mention here how things have been going with trading lately.

Lately I have been coming across ads and videos on social media about how to get rich from trading.

Often the videos feature...
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