by Cobas Asset Management | 20/01/2025 09:00 AM | Stocks
📉 Increased interest rates can negatively impact company profits by raising financing costs.
⚠️ Higher interest rates make fixed income investments more attractive, potentially diverting capital from stocks.
📈 Lower interest rates can boost stock prices as financing becomes cheaper and fixed income less appealing.
💡 Stock prices depend on many factors, not just interest rates, with capital-intensive businesses being more affected.
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by Cobas Asset Management | 20/01/2025 09:00 AM | GOLD
🛡️ Gold is often seen as a safe haven during economic uncertainty and crises.
💰 Low interest rates and high inflation favor gold as fixed income becomes less attractive.
📉 High interest rates and good fixed income returns tend to decrease gold prices.
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by Cobas Asset Management | 20/01/2025 09:00 AM | BTC
💸 Low interest rates encourage investments in higher-risk assets like cryptocurrencies.
📉 High interest rates discourage risk investments, negatively affecting cryptocurrencies as capital flows to fixed income.
📈 Bitcoin's price movements reflect interest rate changes, peaking in late 2021 before falling as rates rose, and rebounding as rates decreased again in 2024.
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by Cobas Asset Management | 30/12/2024 09:00 AM | SPX
📈 The S&P 500 includes the 500 largest U.S. companies since 1957.
💰 Its historical return is over 10% on average.
⚠️ Experienced a significant drop of around 37% in 2008.
🔑 Long-term investment is recommended to mitigate volatility effects.
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by Cobas Asset Management | 30/12/2024 09:00 AM | IBEX
🇪🇸 The IBEX 35 includes the 35 most important companies in Spain since 1992.
📊 Its historical return to date is almost 8% average annually.
📉 Experienced a significant drop of almost 40% in 2008.
🔑 Long-term investment is recommended to mitigate volatility effects.
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