Monthly Summaries

What a month from an investor's point of view. Who would have thought that the last few days of November might bring about such a massive upswing in oil prices, and subsequently more expensive fuel prices at the pump. Saudi Arabia taking the biggest cut on their oil production amongst all OPEC members, others upping up their production, Russia being on board and capping their production.

The month of October. The US election in full swing has left many in high anticipation for what new revelations may sway the polls. But besides all the politics, some really interesting things have happened in the lives of Millennials, Australia, and Fintech. Millennials are a massive target group for many financial institutions, but coming to grips with their spending and saving habits is still slightly territory.

September has now come to an end and what a month this has been. September is known to be a bad month for bull markets. The pattern has been similar over almost a century: falling share prices and high volatility. Some of it was also due to the Fed's refusal of raising interest rates, its suggestion to go beyond buying bonds and start buying stocks, and a major bank falling deeper into abyss.

August, the month of sun, holidays, beaches, oceans, lakes, outdoor sports, and garden parties. Sharing a cold drink and some good food with your friends in the beergarden. It is, at least to me, the month of life, love, and happiness, when everything in life just seems this wee bit lighter and brighter. What a shame this wonderful month of August has already drawn to an end.

July 2016 had lots of news in store. Less than two weeks after the historical Brexit vote, the markets have recovered, Facebook allows charities to collect money via their social media site, another Lond-based start up is reacting to Brexit and concurrently raising its funding.

June was a volatile, exciting, and shocking month.

May was an interesting month.

Not only were we getting closer to a potential change in the structure of the European Union and one of its most important members voting on whether to stay in or leave in the infamous Brexit vote on June 23rd, but a potential Fed interest hike and the preparations for the Euro Cup were in full swing.

Bitcoins, beauty, love, and millenials.

May was a diverse and really interesting month.

Captain Finance's summary of some of the ten most interesting stories over the course of May's 31 days.

April 2006 - another exciting month.

March was a much calmer month than January and February with regard to the stock market. The market has not gained or lost significantly - in fact ending flat. The European Central Bank, on the other hand, has delivered another major surprise by not only introducing negative interest rates but also by increasing monthly bond purchases, or in other words upping QE (quantitative easing), by an additional €20 billion per month.

February 2016 in a leap year has not only been a month of love, but also a month of political surprises, cooperation between oil producing countries, and shown the importance of turtles for economic stability and growth.