November 18, 2022

Turkish lira inflation

Op/ed by Arben Selimi Turkey’s economy has developed over the past two decades largely from the booming real estate market, low real estate prices were attractive to foreign investors. This caused demand forRead More

July 5, 2022

Global crisis ; Inflation

Opinion by; Arben Selimi arben@thejournalbiz.com Inflation seems is going to last, despite the fact that many investors are behaving as if it will be temporary. The reason why I’m saying that investors areRead More

March 14, 2022

Minimum wage

People are willing to exchange their money for something they value, if they value the latter more than the money they have. Conversely, people are willing to exchange something they have for moneyRead More

February 19, 2022

Buying shares

Opinion by: Arben Selimi Recently, the US central bank, the Fed, is raising interest rates in an effort to fight the inflation unseen for decades in the US. High interest rates have twoRead More

February 14, 2022

Auditors and auditing

Opinion by: Arben Selimi The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires each public company (those companies whose shares are publicly traded on the stock exchange) to hire an auditor to examine its financialRead More

February 1, 2022

Research before deciding on an investment

Opinion by: Arben Selimi Most people who invest their savings in capital markets often haste with their investment decisions. They don’t do enough research, don’t analyze company’s data, thus invest (often wrongly) withoutRead More

January 23, 2022

Investing: bonds or stocks?

Opinion by Arben Selimi (*special thanks to Arsim. Ajeti for contribution) Many individuals and companies have surplus money sitting idle. They don’t use it for consumption nor they invest it to earn themRead More