During the Covid-19 lockdowns in the latter half of 2020, thousands of Filipinos found themselves making more money than their day jobs by playing a video game. The game was Axie Infinity (Axie), an online play-to-earn game that offered a glimmer of hope during tough economic times. In Axie,...
In 2008, Warren Buffett bet $1 million that a hedge fund would be unable to beat a basic investment over a decade. Fund manager Ted Seides accepted his challenge and built a portfolio of five hedge funds. The bet initially favored Ted. When the market crashed in 2008, Warren Buffett's portfolio...
Every once in a while, a friend asks me about investing in foreign stocks. Which stockbroker do you use? How do you send money? Is it hard to open a dollar account? A couple of weeks ago, my friend Gilbert (not his real name) asked me these very questions. “Recommended stockbroker?” Many people...