16th June 2014 Consolidation session in the UK with little or no news hitting the sterling market. Some overnight comments by BoE’s Bean highlighting the known fact that ‘higher rates are a welcomed sign that the UK economy is returning to normal’ only continued to show the shift in opinion within the MPC. The belly of theContinue reading "And more market commentaries…"
No Plan, No Money
Every start-up needs money. But finding the right source of money is the real key to making it. The most important aspect of a start-up is its ability to create a business plan that is sustainable in the long term given the sophistication and availability of financing in the market where it is operating. TechcrunchContinue reading "No Plan, No Money"
The Sharing Economy
The sharing economy has a lot of positives: it allows customers to share information, increase the efficiency of their assets, get cheaper rides and a whole lot more of services that without technology it would be impossible to obtain. Just a decade ago, it would have been unthinkable to lend your home for the weekendContinue reading "The Sharing Economy"
Shifts
Moving upwards in a company is normal. And most people aspire to one day having the big role in their company. A recent McKinsey survey found that CFOs who eventually become CEO tend to start a strategic review soon after taking over. Whilst that may make sense from a management perspective given that a newContinue reading "Shifts"
Blue Ocean
Trading can sometimes look like a simple way to make money and it might easily confuse newcomers into believing that 'the only way is up'. But more often than not, we end up being the ones without any money left and drowned into commissions and capital calls. This, combined with the idea that frequent tradingContinue reading "Blue Ocean"
Invest, Socially
We have recently closed a fundraising round from EMIA (See EMIA invests in iCare, Phnom Penh Post) which will allow us to continue our strong growth and help us continue our aggressive expansion. We had been looking to close this round for almost a year so it is an important step in the right direction forContinue reading "Invest, Socially"
More Market Commentaries
Another throwback to the trading days... 23rd Jan 2014 Inexplicable correction to yesterday’s sell off with the market again finding this wall of money that has kept supporting gilts in the last 10 days. We rallied hard in 10 years, back above the level pre-employment data and up to early dec highs. The move inContinue reading "More Market Commentaries"
Going Digital
Digitalisation is a process that a lot of companies are going through. We are ourselves in the midst of a large, software deployment that will change the way we manage and run our entire business. It will allow us to gather, analyse and understand the enormous amount of data that our company and its customersContinue reading "Going Digital"
Home Work
With myself coming off a few weeks away from the physical office, it feels even more relevant now to talk about home work. Being able to do so feels like it is something that companies should start adopting more and more. Home work is most definitely a scary tool for all C-suite officers. The lackContinue reading "Home Work"
Trust Noone
With stock markets around all-time highs and traders looking at an incoming bear market, it is always good to remember that the big trades, the real money-making ones are those that are very difficult to see coming because the moves are so far off the normals. (see @morganhousel) When technicals, analysts and quants allContinue reading "Trust Noone"
Pablo F. Alonso Caprile 