NSE addresses gender balance’s reality to businesses in commemoration of 2019 IWD
Chris Ikosa
March 7, 2019
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has said it will take a holistic look at gender balance and how it relates to the reality of businesses as it joins the rest of the world on Friday, March 8, 2019, to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD). The NSE in a statement issued in Lagos noted that […]
Carney confronts outlook after weakest growth in six years
Businessam StaffFebruary 11, 2019
Mark Carney may give some colour on what lies ahead after enduring the worst year of growth since he arrived at the Bank of England. In one of his last speeches before the U.K. leaves the European Union next month, the governor will discuss “the latest developments in the global economy and risks to the […]
Experts advise short-term investment strategy for 2019
Afolabi OluwaseunJanuary 22, 2019
Amidst election and other uncertainties which bewilder investors away from the Nigerian investment space, investment experts have suggested that a way to profit could be to invest in short-term instruments. The weak performance of the equities market in 2018 incited an influx of investors into the fixed income market. Emerging market contagion, pre-election jitters, weaker […]
SEC urges pseudo investors to regularise, assures no penalty in complying
Adesola AfolabiAugust 14, 2018
Mary Uduk, the acting director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has assured investors who had bought shares in different names and involved in pseudos transactions that they would not be penalize if they come forward to regularise their accounts. To this end, she urged investors who bought shares of the same company […]
Businesses, short-term investors buoy FMDQ commercial papers market to N1trn mark
Adesola AfolabiJune 4, 2018
Businesses looking to tap the debt market for short-term capital and investors who need to diversify their portfolios have buoyed the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange (FMDQ) commercial papers (CP) market, which crossed the N1.00 trillion mark in the month of May 2018. The growth in commercial papers, as indicated in the May 2018 edition of […]
I lost N52million in the 2007-2008 stock market crash, but I’m recouping today- Shareholder
Adesola AfolabiMay 26, 2018
Jafar Adegbola is one of Nigeria’s stoic domestic investors who has weathered the storm with other investors across the world, who got burnt by the 2007/2008 global financial crisis. While some Nigerian investors have long lost their interests in financial investments and sought other means of raising income to run their business and secure means […]
Investors’ bet on longer dated instruments to be sustained
Businessam StaffMay 21, 2018
Stable macroeconomic indices are boosting investors’ confidence as they bet on longer-dated instruments, taking the bull position in the hope that the instrument prices would rise in the future and make a profit. Thus, given the moderating yield environment as well as the impact of the downward trend in inflation, analysts say they expect investors’ […]
Warren Buffett advises investors on surviving stock market crash
Businessam StaffMarch 1, 2018
Warren Buffett writes an annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, which generally has a useful investing lesson or two from the Oracle of Omaha himself. In the latest instalment, Buffett attempted to highlight the dangers of using leverage to invest, as well as the benefits of avoiding it. In short, debt can be an investor’s worst enemy, […]
Nobel-winning economist Richard Thaler’s quotes to help you become better investor
Businessam StaffJanuary 8, 2018
This year’s Nobel laureate in economics, Richard Thaler, is an expert in how people deviate from rationality in their economic decision-making. Here are nine of his quotes that could make you a better investor. In October, Professor Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics “for his contributions to […]
Investor optimism across eurozone risen, in latest sign of confidence in global economy
Businessam StaffJanuary 8, 2018
The monthly survey of investor morale produced by research group Sentix jumped to 32.9, up from December’s 31.1. When asked about the current economic situation, according to theguardian report, investors were at their most upbeat since 2007. This optimism underlines why stock markets have been rallying recently, as investors react to signs that economic growth is picking. […]