XP Invest is a platform where traders can use their Bitcoin holdings to get exposure in traditional asset classes.
17 Sep 2019 5 minute read 1 comment TanujPaulB
What is the textbook definition of volatility? It is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index (that was literaly the Investopedia definition). In case you didn't understand what that meant, the concept o...
11 Sep 2019 3 minute read 7 comments TanujPaulB
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is probably one of the oldest indices around. Originally created in the year 1896, it has gone through several iterations since its inception. Given the length of its existence, you would be right to assume that none...
5 Sep 2019 3 minute read 2 comments TanujPaulB
The Dax 30 is a stock market index comprising of the 30 largest German companies that are trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Unlike other larger indices, the DAX comprises of only 30 companies which makes the price movement of the index far mor...
5 Sep 2019 3 minute read 1 comment TanujPaulB
Often pronounced as ‘footsie’, the ‘Financial Times Stock Exchange’ index is a share index of the top 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange by market capitalization. Now you might be wondering why people trade indices, there are several r...
3 Sep 2019 3 minute read 0 comments TanujPaulB
If you discuss investing in Gold with someone under the age of 30, they might make a confused face and say, ‘Isn’t that something my grandparents used to do?’ If that is the case, just show them this chart. It tracks the price of Gold starting from 2...
28 Aug 2019 4 minute read 0 comments TanujPaulB
Often referred to as Gold’s poor cousin, Silver is still classified as a precious metal and has been used as a store of value for over 4000 years. It is often looked as an investment vehicle. By virtue of being a precious metal it is also often compa...
26 Aug 2019 2 minute read 0 comments TanujPaulB
Here’s another interesting asset that we will be adding to our list of tradable commodities. Oil is a natural resource that impacts most aspects of our lives, but you already knew this. Here are some things that you probably didn’t know. The commodit...
23 Aug 2019 3 minute read 0 comments TanujPaulB
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity. The two basic plant varieties are Arabica & Robusta. The price of coffee is heavily by macro-economic factors. But just like any other risky tradable instrument, some unpredictable factors that are only...
22 Aug 2019 3 minute read 0 comments TanujPaulB
We often get asked why we don’t offer BTC/USD trading pairs on the platform. The simple answer is that we’re trying to differentiate, which is true. But the other major factor is, why would you choose us over a Binance/Huobi etc.? Not at this stage a...
10 Jul 2019 5 minute read 1 comment TanujPaulB
My motivation to write is never to make predictions on the direction of asset prices, rather it is to try and examine past trends and make an objective observation. There can be no denying that politics can from time to time have an impact on the mar...
