Finance
Investors usually purchase shares with the expectation that their value will grow along with the company's growth and profitability. However, shares can also bring other benefits. As companies mature and stabilize their business, they often pay out a portion of their profits to shareholders through dividends. The most attractive companies are th...
Rising costs for businesses: higher premiums from 2025 and changes to the system From next year, entrepreneurs will face a significant increase in compulsory levies. The biggest increases will be in social insurance, which covers pensions, and in health insurance. Self-employed people using the flat-rate tax will also face a significant incre...
Warren Buffett, one of the most prominent figures in the investment world, known for his long-term strategy and ability to identify undervalued opportunities, has added four new stocks to the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. The move comes at a time when Buffett was a net seller of shares for the eighth straight quarter in the third quarter of 2...
Forbes has published its annual ranking of the 100 richest Czechs and this year's ranking brings several interesting changes. Although the top three positions have remained the same, Andrej Babiš, who has regularly ranked in the top five in previous years, has dropped to seventh place this year. His position was taken by Radovan Vítek and Mic...
Czechs' debts are rising and repaying them is becoming increasingly difficult for some. However, this problem affects only a part of the population as the total number of debtors is decreasing. What is alarming, however, is the fact that young people are now having more trouble paying than before. According to the latest data from the Banking...
How should pensions be increased from January 2025? The pension is made up of a basic rate and a percentage rate. In 2024, the basic rate is CZK 4,400. According to the draft regulation, the basic rate of the pension should increase by CZK 290 from January 2025, to CZK 4,690. The percentage should increase by 0.4%. This means that in absolute...
The price of gold reached a record high on Friday, crossing the $2,500 per troy ounce mark (over CZK 57,000 for 31.1 grams). This growth is mainly supported by the expectation that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will cut the key interest rate in September. According to Reuters, the price of gold climbed as high as $2,500.99 per ounce before lat...
At the beginning of the second week of August, stock markets experienced significant declines, causing concern among investors. Stock values were in considerable negative territory and analysts were quick to compare the situation with the last financial crisis. However, on Friday 9 August, the situation changed: the S&P 500 index had already...
Even before the panic triggered by new data from the US economy and Japan rocked global markets, bets were rising that the US central bank would start cutting interest rates in the autumn. Now it seems that an easing of the Fed's monetary policy is inevitable. Ben Carlson of investment firm Ritholtz Wealth Management looks at what lower rates co...
