Duvet day here at Monevator as we update our asset allocation quilt with another year’s worth of returns. The resulting patchwork reveals the fluctuating fortunes of the major asset classes across a decade, and invites a question… Could you predict the winners and losers from one year to the next? Asset allocation quilt 2024 The … Read more
According to independent insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager Euler ILS Partners, the Los Angeles, California wildfires could have a significant impact on US pricing, especially if insurance industry losses were to exceed $30 billion.As we’ve been reporting, official reports state that over 17,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the wildfires, and the first … Read more
A widely held belief in academic research is that strong wage bargaining coordination is essential for economic success in the Eurozone. Vytautas Kuokštis and Simonas Algirdas Spurga show this argument no longer holds if the economic performance of new member states is considered. An influential body of academic research argues that the structure of the … Read more
Chinese tech champion Huawei has emerged as Nvidia’s primary competitor in China for inference chips. The Financial Times has previously reported that it has been working with AI companies, including DeepSeek, to adapt models trained on Nvidia GPUs to run inference on its Ascend chips. “Huawei is getting better. They have an opening as the … Read more
Image Source: 123rf.com Car payments can be a real drag on your finances. The average payment for a new car hovers around $737 and used vehicles aren’t that much cheaper with an average monthly payment of $520. For that reason, many people try to pay off their car loans early to get the monthly payments … Read more
