Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Tax

Tax-Efficient Retirement Planning for Freelancers and Self-Employed Professionals

Let’s be honest—retirement planning when you’re self-employed feels like building a house without a blueprint. No employer-sponsored 401(k), no matching contributions, just you and a spreadsheet (or, let’s face it, a napkin sketch). But here’s the deal: freelancers and solo entrepreneurs actually have more tax-advantaged options than traditional employees—if you know where to look. Why […]

Finance

The Role of Central Banks in Shaping Global Share Markets

Central banks take an interest in maintaining healthy financial institutions and markets, serving as lender-of-last resort as part of their mission. Further, they are responsible for several other areas such as payments systems, currency and economic analysis and statistics – tasks which require extensive operational transformation to successfully carry out. 1. Interest Rates Interest rates […]

Investment

Understanding and Applying Impact Investing in Investment Portfolio Management

Impact investing offers donors the possibility of aligning investments with philanthropic values while realizing financial returns from existing philanthropic investments. Donors may use impact investing as a strategy to revitalize old investments that they already support with this innovative investment strategy. Integrating impact into an existing portfolio may present unique challenges; therefore, taking an effective […]

A Guide to Rebalancing Your Investment Portfolio

As is often said, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” or, “no investment should zig while another zags”. Rebalancing your portfolio can help ensure that its actual and desired asset allocation don’t drift too far out of line with each other. Rebalancing can become complex when multiple accounts and taxes come into play. […]

The Role of Commodities in Diversifying Investment Portfolios

Commodities offer investors an invaluable asset diversification opportunity. Investors can purchase physical commodities like gold bars or oil barrels directly, as well as ETFs that track futures contracts. Sharpe ratios and Calmar ratios allow us to accurately determine an optimum allocation of up to 9% of assets to commodities in traditional 60/40 portfolios, thus improving […]

Cryptocurrency

Mastering Risk Management in Cryptocurrency Investments

The key to survival in the volatile realm of cryptocurrency is being a good risk manager. Be sure that you are spreading your risk, keep your goals clear, and remain well-informed. Investors of this type look for a compromise between expansion and safety and are prepared to take some risk in order to realise the […]