【Essential Holiday Reads】Best Money Articles of 2021

Written by AQUMON Team on 2021-12-23

2021 is coming to an end and we’re all gearing up for a long, leisurely holiday! This year has been a thrilling roller-coaster ride for investors with all new buzzwords surfacing, such as Metaverse, NFT, ESG, meme stocks (e.g. GME) and so on. While we get ready for 2022, let’s review the 9 most popular AQUMON articles this year. Relax and catch up on some holiday reading with these informative articles!

1. "Learn how to utilize the key metric of profitability to determine if a company has healthy fundamentals. Particularly in a period where inflation worries are driving investors to sell out of tech names due to future profitability and cash flow concerns, learn to read which companies will be able to weather the storm better."

2. "Which is more profitable, "Long-term holding" or "frequently trading"? There isn’t a definite answer. Market changes are often unpredictable, it’s often too late when the investors start to react; in fact, many investors panic when the market is bad and miss the rebound, this article teaches you how to assess your holdings to make better investment decisions."

3. “If you can sleep well at night after investing, you have made a good decision.” Based on the Core-Satellite strategy, learn the science of how AQUMON Bespoke’s function SmartAdvice can help customize investment portfolios for you."

4. "Major technology companies like Microsoft, Nvidia, and most prominently Facebook are abuzz about a greenfield investment opportunity called the Metaverse. Bloomberg has estimated that the market opportunity for the Metaverse could reach US$800 billion by 2024, learn more about this lucrative investment opportunity in this trending article."

5. "Is ESG investing solely environmentally friendly? In investment, ESG stands for 3 different investment factors: Environmental (E), Social (S) and Corporate Governance (G) and they show individual differences when it comes to their ability in attracting investors’ money. Brush up your knowledge and learn how to navigate the latest sustainability investment trend with AQUMON."

6. "Financial literature and research has frequently shown that investing in an ESG company does in fact lead to better investment returns. When comparing the ESG index with the general MSCI large-cap index, ESG returns have consistently been higher in the past one, three, and five years. Read about it in this step-by-step introduction to ESG investments."

7. "How do women compare to their male counterparts when it comes to investing? According to a study, "men are more attracted to speculative stocks, while women pay more attention to stocks that have performed well in the past.” Read more to learn about how women investors are shaping the investment landscape through different decision-making processes."

8. “We work to make money, to live a better life, so we don’t have to work as hard” - what a true modern day conundrum! The average working time for an employee in Hong Kong is nearly 50 hours a week, which basically means that most of your time is dedicated to working a full-time job! In order to escape from this infinite cycle, we need to create additional income on the side. How to start when you don’t know where to begin? Here are three ways to ease into making an alternative income stream."

9. "For investors, the VIX is not only a tool to assess market sentiment but it also provides investors forward-looking insights for further profiting opportunities. Learn more about how to take advantage and what pitfalls to avoid when investing into the VIX index."

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