including emerging market (EM) bonds and DM high yield (HY) bonds, have delivered positive performance in the months following the first rate cut. Typically, the returns across these assets remain positive for six to seven
investors spread their bond investments across different maturities, purchasing bonds that mature at regular intervals. This allows them to reinvest proceeds from maturing bonds into new ones, while maintaining exposure to varying yields. In a falling-rate environment, ...
SMEs are vital to the future of the African economy. In Nigeria, for example, SMEs account for around 50% of GDP and 76% of employment. In Kenya, the figures are 40% and 93% respectively. Many of these companies are very small businesses that find it particularly difficult to ...
Furthermore, many countries have started developing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs); a few (including The Bahamas and Nigeria) have even implemented them. CBDCs are digital tokens issued by a central bank. They are similar to cryptocurrencies, but since they are issued and regulated by th...
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Diversify currency exposure by investing in assets denominated in currencies other than the US dollar, such as bonds, mutual funds orexchange-traded funds(ETFs). Invest in commodities like gold and silver as a hedge against currency risk.
In this study, spectral Granger causality analysis is employed to investigate the spectral dynamics of uncertainty transmission and its impact on economic growth and financial development in Saudi Arabia from 1993 to 2020. We examine the relationships between crude oil volatility, geopolitical risk, glob...
The numbers of migrants trying to cross from the Libya on the coast of north Africa to one of the EU's southern nations is increasing. Europe's impoverished southern nations can't cope. And in the better off nations of northern Europe immigration is a toxic issue which is fuelling the ri...
This particular scam earned its name because some unscrupulous people exploited Nigeria's public Internet access policies. It was never meant to be a slur against the entire nation or people of Nigeria. In a common form of the scam e-mail, the name of a deceased or incarcerated Nigerian publ...
You should think of buying investments like you buy food- do it often. Make it a habit to invest your money like you make it a habit to pay your rent or mortgage.” This is the only way to convert your income to your net worth. By buying income-generating assets. Whether it’s gov...