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Preserving vitality and sanity amidst all of the COVID-19 negativity

"Where there's life, there's hope". These words, famously echoed by Stephen Hawking, have never been more apt than in the situation we currently find ourselves in. The world is going through one of the worst crisis in modern history - healthcare, economic, political, etc., all happening at the same time, and it is difficult to predict when things will get back to normal, if things will ever get back to normal or what the new normal would be. There is an overwhelming amount of information that is being circulated across various media platforms. The substance of the information overload ranges from the educative, to the humorous. However, a significant amount of the information that comes to the mainstream are about negative occurrences around the world. A lot of negativity is being passed around in the form of news and statistics. While it is important to stay informed about what is going on around the world, it is also important to recognise the impact that all ...

Armed robbery in broad daylight: a government of the people and by the people, literally

In an address by Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, on April 13 th , he communicated the decision to extend the lockdown in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for another period of two weeks, due to the Coronavirus. He also stated that pallative measures had been approved and delivered to 2.6 million households, and that these pallatives will be sustained, with another 1 million households included in the scheme during the next two weeks. As has been seen all over the world, shutdowns such as we currently have in Nigeria come at great costs to the economy, and the President has demonstrated exemplary leadership by extending the lockdown, despite the short-term costs to the economy. Of course, an alternative course of action would result in consequences of catastrophic proportions. Unfortunately, making the right decision does not always result in good outcomes. The tendency for good decisions to lead to terrible outcomes is even greater when the decisio...

Mutual Funds – An Effective Investment Vehicle / Strategy?

As promised in my last article, Investing during a global recession , today we will explore one of the most important investment vehicles for individuals and institutions – mutual funds. Despite their popularity, mutual funds are often misunderstood or understood only in a limited extent, even by many individuals with mutual fund assets. What are mutual funds? Mutual funds are comingled or pooled investment vehicles through which investors gain access to securities like stocks, bonds, money market instruments and other assets. In a mutual fund, each investor has a pro-rata claim on the income and value of the fund, referred to as net asset value. What are pooled investment vehicles? A pooled investment vehicle is one in which many different investors (individuals, pension funds, corporations, university endowments, etc.) contribute money to the pool to be managed, often by professionals, to achieve specific investment goals or strategies. There are various types of ...

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