Note: This article was published on 07.05.2020. If you take a look at the news and various social networks, one thing quickly becomes clear: In recent weeks, interest in Bitcoin has risen significantly again. A decisive reason for this is the Bitcoin Halving, which awaits us (from the current perspective - 07.05.2020) on May 12, 2020. This [...]
Opening a share portfolio is easier than ever before in the age of the internet. Just a few clicks are all it takes to start your own securities account for shares, ETFs and the like. There are now also a growing number of online brokers in Austria that enable every online user to open their own securities account. If you want to trade on the stock exchange, [...]
The coronavirus kept the world and the stock market on tenterhooks in 2020. Experts predicted it years ago, but now it has come true: A previously unknown virus has spread from Wuhan in China across the entire world. At first, it seemed unrealistic that the virus would be contained in the near future - a global [...]
For many investors, EUR 10,000 is, to a certain extent, the basic amount at which it is worth taking a closer look at investment opportunities. This is because, in contrast to smaller amounts, EUR 10,000 can be diversified more broadly than smaller investment sums. The keyword "costs" plays a very important role here: as online brokers charge lower transaction and order fees [...].
Whenever there is talk of stable means of payment that are also supposed to be crisis-proof, the topic of gold comes up very quickly in many discussions. It is true that gold is also subject to fluctuations - but in times of crisis, gold usually increases in value quickly, because people are then looking for a safe haven and want to buy gold. [...]
Everybody needs a financial grant from time to time. Sometimes the car breaks down, sometimes you urgently want a new smartphone. When there is not enough money in the account, more and more private individuals take out an instant loan. This is a loan with a smaller sum of money that you get relatively quickly and then gradually pay off. But is it worth [...]
For a long time, the financial markets were reserved for professional traders. Private individuals had no opportunity to enter the trading market. Fortunately, this has changed. Today, you can bring Wall Street into your own living room with just a few clicks. More and more online trading exchanges are springing up. But what is online trading? How does it work? And above all: Can I use it to [...]
Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins are on everyone's lips and are being traded more and more frequently. So it couldn't have taken long for Facebook to follow suit. With Libra, the social network has created its own virtual currency. But what exactly is Libra and what distinguishes this online money from other cryptocurrencies? Find out here. ContentThis is the Facebook coinHow [...]
We live in seemingly safe times: Average wages are high and the population is (largely) doing well. But such times can quickly come to an end. It was only during the last national elections that many politicians warned of an impending recession in Germany, which could also threaten the domestic economy. As a result, more and more Austrians want to save money and save some of their [...]
In times when work-life balance is playing an increasingly important role and many people no longer want to spend their entire lives sitting in an office from nine to five, location-independent jobs are becoming more and more popular. These are jobs that can be carried out anywhere in the world via the Internet. The Internet has made this way of working [...]
