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Privacy coins pop amidst choppy crypto market Despite repeated attempts to break higher, Bitcoin spent most of last week trading sideways below $40K. The lack of clear trend...

Jennifer Kempson is an eToro Popular Investor and a Finance Youtuber. Known as mamafurfur on the eToro platform, she focuses on long-term investments “for a stress-free peace of...

Helena Wright, known by her username Moonwater, is an eToro Popular Investor based in South Africa. She started her journey in the investment world in senior positions at...

Summary The Fed set for historic interest rate ‘lift-off’ The Fed will start a new interest rate upcycle this week. This could give nervous investors some certainty and relief,...

AMAZON EXCEPTION: Amazon (AMZN) announced a 1:20 stock split, its first since 1999, and investors responded by bidding its stock up 5%. They follow other mega caps like Alphabet...

COMMON DENOMINATOR: The world’s best (or least bad) performing equity markets this year, from Brazil (EWZ) to UK (ISF.L), have one common denominator. A big commodity stock weight...

COMMODITIES: The broad Bloomberg commodity index (DJP) is up 23% the past month and 35% this year. The Russia crisis compounded an already tight commodity market and boosted...

STAGFLATION: The Ukraine crisis and spikes in economic uncertainty and commodities have rekindled ‘stagflation’ fears. Of a toxic combo of sharp economic slowdown and higher...

Happy International Women’s Day! In honour of our female investors (present and future), eToro did a deep dive into the data on how women invest on our platform. The results can...

Institutions load up amid uncertainty as war continues Bitcoin greeted March with a massive rally, jumping by nearly 20% last Monday to touch $45K before shedding the gains to...