Sustainability is becoming increasingly important to many people – including when it comes to investing. That’s shown by a representative study from Quirin Privatbank, which, like quirion, offers sustainable investment strategies. The study’s findings were reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Handelsblatt, Die Zeit and the FAZ, among others.
384 million dollars for two pizzas. I thought I was misreading it. In May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz bought two pizzas worth 41 US dollars - and became the first person ever to pay with bitcoins. The 10,000 digital coins he used to settle the bill back then are worth an incredible 384 million US dollars today.
As always at the start of the year, all sorts of forecasts are sprouting like mushrooms in the financial world and the media associated with it.
The days when sustainable investments meant high risks or low returns are over. Socially and environmentally conscious investing is winning more and more followers. The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the trend even further.
The US presidential election is right around the corner. Like no other political event, this election captivates society, the economy and, in this context, of course the capital markets around the world. The campaign – by now built up into a movie-worthy showdown – certainly plays its part in that.
For about 8 months now, both the economic outlook and developments on the capital markets have stood in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis. If we look back to the start of that period, the focus was above all on the economy in China — the geographical origin of the virus.
