Investments
Silver, One System Isn’t Enough
When you start freshly entering the trading arena, it is fascinating that all it takes is pushing a button to be in a winning trade (or a losing one). The ease of participation isn’t the only unusual aspect of trading. In this week’s chartbook, we want to illuminate that many traders fail in assuming that […]
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Read More$1,400 stimulus check only for those who get coronavirus vaccination?
Talks of the third round of stimulus checks are already in full swing. The Biden administration wants to give $1,400 stimulus payment to every eligible individual. One Republican Congressman, however, says that coronavirus stimulus checks should only go to those who receive the coronavirus vaccination. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Can Republicans, […]
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Read MoreCat bonds to break records, but Collateralized Re to outpace: Reader poll
Our readers forecast more than $12 billion of catastrophe bond issuance in 2021, which would see the market setting another new record. But in terms of which area of insurance-linked securities (ILS) is likely to grow fastest, the collateralized reinsurance market is forecast to outpace cat bond market growth this year. We surveyed our readers…
Read MoreDividend Stock Purchase: Lanny’s December 2020 Summary
Welcome back to another month of Dividend Stock Purchases! The final month of 2020 has come to a close and we are ALREADY almost one month finished in 2021. The year 2020 was definitely tiresome, so many ups and downs, the global pandemic, presidential race, economic swings, I know we all felt like it was…
Read MoreIndonesia cat bond possible, as World Bank lends for disaster insurance
The World Bank has approved $500 million of funding for Indonesia to help the country enhance its financial response to natural disasters, climate risks, and health-related shocks, with the use of risk pooling, and insurance or reinsurance instruments at the heart of the plan. Between 2014 and 2018, the central government of Indonesia has spent…
Read MoreSiriusPoint planning a “sidecar-like” retrocession program
SiriusPoint, the new international insurance and reinsurance firm that will be launched out of the coming together of Third Point Re and Sirius Group, is planning for its retrocession program to be “sidecar-like”, the company said. SiriusPoint came about after Bermuda headquartered, once total return focused reinsurer Third Point Re and re/insurer Sirius Group reached…
Read MoreArch reveals up to $165m of Q4 P&C re/insurance cat losses
Arch Capital, the Bermuda headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance group, has pre-announced an expectation that it will report up to $165 million of catastrophe losses from events in the fourth-quarter of 2020. The company has estimated that on a pre-tax basis and net of any recoveries from its reinsurance or retrocession and reinstatement premiums, its…
Read MoreProfessionals Admit They Only Work 3-4 Hours A Day
31% of professionals admit they only work 3-4 hours a day Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more When it comes to answering the question “Are remote workers actually working?” it’s easy to hear some skepticism behind the text. “Working from home” often comes with its own set of air quotes, like it’s code […]
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Read MoreApplying U.S. Code to Genocide Sanctions on China
WASHINGTON: January 20, 2021 – The East Turkistan Government in Exile welcomes President Joe Biden and his incoming administration. Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Applying United States Code To Genocide Sanctions On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnically Turkic minorities in East Turkistan (renamed Xinjiang) as both genocide and a crime […]
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