The first quarter of 2021 witnessed increasing institutional involvement in cryptocurrencies and public companies Tesla and Square join Microstrategy in adding Bitcoin to their balance sheets. Source: CoinDesk
Smartest Money Isn’t Buying (Yet)
As https://www.bing.com/search?q=warren+buffett&cvid=92f52ed28ecc437ba17b7df32c0e1bdf&aqs=edge.0.0l9.11732j0j1&pglt=2083&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531# takes centre stage this afternoon at 4 pm EST (9 pm BST) to host the Berkshire Hathaway Annual General Meeting, I’m looking forward to hearing his perspective on the coronavirus pandemic and implication for investors. Buffett has been surprisingly quiet over the past few months as the U.S. markets crashed and rebounded almost […]
Covid-19 Triggers Second Worst Sell-off
Global stock markets and in particular the S&P 500 index had once of the largest sell-offs in history as highlighted by the chart above. Only during the 1987 stock market crash ‘Black Monday’ did we have a steeper sell-off with the market falling on average 2.5% per day. Image source: Tastytrade
Once in a Millennium
Today is February 2nd, 2020, or 02-02-2020 is a rare palindrome that occurs once in a millennium. The word palindrome comes from the Greek words “Palin,” which means “again, back” and “dromos,” meaning “running,” according to dictionary.com So palindrome is a word or phrase that runs back on itself. I don’t watch much news other […]
Bitcoin Turns 11 Today
Happy Birthday, Bitcoin! This evening 11 years ago, on January 3rd, 2009, someone pressed a button on his (or her) keyboard and created a new currency. There was no paper, gold, or silver backing it, just bits and 31,000 lines of software code with a simple announcement on the Internet. Along with a 9-page Whitepaper […]
Would you do a Vegan Christmas?
Would you consider a meat-free holiday season? I’m all for a beef-less Wellington with a few glasses of Nosecco. UK supermarkets (and around the world) there is a growing drive to provide more vegan options to support sluggish retail sales as consumers (finally) are being healthy and environmentally conscious.
Scotland Hosts Ethical Finance Summit
Earlier this month, Scotland hosted the Ethical Finance Summit organised by the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) which organises and coordinates a series of programmes promoting finance for positive change and bringing together leaders in Islamic and conventional finance from around the world. The summit aimed to “help define and shape the transition to a […]
Courage, Compassion and Confidence
So proud of the Know You More team and founders Tim Mart and Chirag Mehta for winning The Scottish Herald Digital Business Awards in the Social Enterprise category. Having won the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) International Award for Coaching last year, it was great to see Know You More being recognised on home turf. With […]
The Impact of AI in UK
The UK was the crucible of the Industrial Revolution and is one of the crucibles of the Intelligence Revolution. It is home to world-beating artificial intelligence (AI) companies and world-class academic centres of AI research. It is well placed to reap great overall economic benefits from the development of AI, but it is not yet […]
Islamic Fintech Startups in UK
The Islamic Finance Industry holds much promise, with assets expected to reach $3.9 trillion by 2023 according to Thomson Reuters, however, Islamic Fintech is at the very beginning of an exciting, transformative journey for the industry, one still dominated by largely domestic and OIC-based financial institutions. A young, digitally native Muslim demographic that is on […]