Local Opinion Tips FG commends SON for topping the rating index in ease of doing business March 21, 2022 Ekemini The Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment has commended the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, for coming as the topmost agency in the latest Ease of Doing Business index by…
Investing Tips World Forex Trading: A Beginner’s Guide March 2, 2021 Ekemini Forex is a portmanteau of foreign currency and exchange. Foreign exchange is the process of changing one currency into another currency for a variety of reasons, usually for commerce, trading,…
Banking Tips World UK New Money Transfer Rules You’ll Have To Follow From 30 June July 2, 2020 Ekemini Transferring money from your bank account to friends, family and other payees is going to change slightly from the end of this month, as part of new anti-fraud safety measures.…
Africa Tips Sending Money Within Africa: Here Are Reliable Platforms To Use June 30, 2020 Ekemini Although electronic mode of payments is becoming increasingly popular in sub-Saharan Africa, sending money across African countries is still quite challenging. One factor that has contributed to the slow growth…
Features Tips World How Would Negative Interest Rates Affect Mortgages? May 16, 2020 Ekemini The Federal Reserve hasn’t left itself much room to keep using interest rates to battle the coronavirus, which Fed Chairman Jerome Powell says is worse than anything the U.S. economy…
Investing Tips What Is The Bitcoin Halving And Which Day Does It Happen? May 11, 2020 Ekemini What is the halving or halvening? The event is known as the “halving” or “halvening,” and occurs every four years, where the rewards for those who support bitcoin are slashed,…
Features Tips This Is What It Takes To Be In The 1% Around The World April 24, 2020 Ekemini The “top 1%” is the symbol of wealth and power thanks to a protest movement. Since Occupy Wall Street popularized the term almost a decade ago, inequality has surged, and…
Tips World Mask Or No Mask? This Is What The Virus Experts Say April 2, 2020 Ekemini As the Covid-19 pandemic has unfolded, authorities in different places have said different things about whether healthy people should go around wearing face masks to protect themselves. Officials in China,…
Features Tips The Audacity of the British Treasury… UK Property Market March 15, 2020 Ekemini Yesterday, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, whilst delivering the government’s budget plans announced a stamp duty land tax surcharge of 2 percent to be brought on non-UK residents. These…
Tips 5 Steps to Making a Profit in Crude Oil Trading March 7, 2020 Ekemini Crude oil trading offers excellent opportunities to profit in nearly all market conditions due to its unique standing within the world’s economic and political systems. Also, energy sector volatility has…
Business Investing Tips World Warren Buffett discussed Apple, bitcoin, coronavirus, and Bernie Sanders in an interview this week. February 28, 2020 Ekemini Warren Buffett is renowned for making witty and insightful comments that many investors turn to for guidance. The 89-year-old investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO offered several gems about Apple, bitcoin,…
Tips Fund of funds, missing link in Nigeria’s mutual fund industry February 5, 2020 akintunde The Nigerian mutual fund industry has come a long way. From one fund with less than N20 million in 1991 to over 100 funds spanning about 6 categories and over…
Tips Former Citibank executive offers financial literacy tips February 1, 2020 Ekemini A former Group Head, Corporate and Investment, Citibank, Hetty Ugboh, has tasked students to diversify their income resources efficiently across various investment portfolios such as shares, bonds, real estate and…
Tips How to start a business without capital February 1, 2020 akintunde The number one thing most people point at as a stumbling block to starting a business is always money. In fact, I’ve had people with such notion interrupt me whenever…
Tips How to boost listed firms’ businesses, spur voluntary tax compliance January 30, 2020 Ekemini Capital market investors have underscored the need for government to pay more attention to infrastructure development to enhance businesses of listed firms in Nigeria, and ensure voluntary tax compliance. The…
Tips Tax experts urged to leverage opportunities in Finance Act January 25, 2020 Ekemini Tax practitioners have been urged to leverage the many opportunities that abound in the new Finance Act. For instance, under the Finance Act, Micro Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs), do…
Tips Analysts predict decline in T-bills, bond yield January 23, 2020 Ekemini Analysts at Cordros Capital Limited have said yields on Treasury bills and bonds are expected to decline by about 100 to 150 basis points. The Head of Research, Cordros Capital,…
Banking Tips ACCA study sees low economic confidence, debt risks January 23, 2020 Ekemini A gauge of the nation’s economic confidence in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2019, showed not just a dip, but a decline below long-run average over the year, a study by…
Tips 9 Tips for Advertising Your Business to Hit Your 2020 Goals January 22, 2020 Ekemini Figuring out where you should spend your advertising dollars is never an easy task. There are times when you seem to throw money at marketing, and nothing sticks. While online…
Tips Experts outline what SMEs must do to attract fund, investors in 2020 January 22, 2020 Ekemini One of the challenges Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have continued to face is access to funding. This has been a major concern for many budding entrepreneurs, and in order…
Tips Should Value Investors Buy MetLife (MET) Stock? January 21, 2020 akintunde Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors…
Tips 3 Stocks to Buy and Hold for the Next 50 Years January 21, 2020 akintunde Warren Buffett famously said “Our favorite holding period is forever,” and it’s good advice. Periodically reviewing your stocks is wise, but ultimately we’re looking for companies whose shares we can…
