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The concept of leverage involves using borrowed capital for investment and amplifying the potential returns. While leverage can magnify profits, it also magnifies losses. Below we focus on how you can generate leverage in your portfolio, through options, futures, borrowing, shorting, and more.   Key Takeaways – How to Generate Leverage in a Portfolio Leverage […]

The momentum factor is an isolated characteristic of assets that shows that, on average, winners keep winning. The evidence for momentum is supported by decades of academic and practitioner research. Studies have shown momentum as a far explaining asset returns in the US as far back as the late 1800s and early 1900s. The evidence […]

When it comes to investing, few names carry as much weight as Warren Buffett, as one of the world’s most successful investors. Over the decades, Buffett has developed an investment approach that has made him one of the world’s most successful people by conventional measures. What especially stirs up public interest in Buffett is his […]

If you ask 100 people who the world’s most successful investor is, probably over half of them (who give an answer) would say Warren Buffett. The puzzle: is his success skill, luck, survivorship bias, or something explainable? To answer this, we looked at an academic paper by Andrea Frazzini, David Kabiller, and Lasse Heje Pedersen […]

Published on: Aug 29, 2025 eToro has strengthened its partnership with Nasdaq, providing live market data for more than 210 additional equities listed on Nasdaq’s Nordic exchanges (Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen). Key Takeaways The latest stocks primarily span finance, real estate, industrials, retail, technology, transport, consumer products, and defense. Among the latest additions are well-known brands […]

Market risk premium is the expected return of a market portfolio versus the risk-free rate. It is used as compensation for investors who are taking on additional risk by investing in the market instead of a risk-free asset like government bonds. The market risk premium can be used to calculate the expected return of individual […]

eToro is launching pre- and after-hours trading on 100 major US equities, including Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia. This follows other big brands like CMC Markets, Firstrade, and Plus500, which have all added extended hours trading in the last 12 months. Key Takeaways eToro has announced it will make 24/5 trading available on 100 popular US […]

Portable alpha is an investment strategy that involves separating the alpha and beta components of an investment portfolio. The alpha component is the portion of the portfolio that seeks to generate returns through active management, while the beta component is the portion that tracks a benchmark index.   Key Takeaways – Portable Alpha Portable alpha […]

A covered call strategy is a type of implementation where a trader will sell a call option while at the same time owning the corresponding amount of the underlying security or instrument. Fundamentally, options are a form of financial insurance. The volatility risk premium associated with options is compensation paid by option buyers to the option […]

With all the ups and downs of markets, the key consideration behind any asset comes down to whether it makes money and whether it represents a yield commensurate with what you need and what risks you’re taking on in order to achieve it. In this article, we’ll look at various types of cash flowing assets […]