It’s been about a decade since I started my professional life as an investor. So far, I’ve been focusing on financial services, real estate, and tech startups. In the early stages, I took part in (and developed) companies in my homeland Romania, the UK, Germany, and several other nations. Two…

This post is the third one in my ‘Establishing a Brokerage Firm’ series. In the first one, I gave you basic guidelines for a general layout of a business of such a kind; I helped you define your services, product package, and target audience. The second post was dedicated to…

For both freelancers and employees, giving back to society and the economy was once perceived as a mission designated only for non-profit organizations. However, the crisis awakened by the outbreak of COVID-19 acted as a wake-up call for many. It convinced business owners to broaden their perception of the world…

For entrepreneurs, opportunities come and go quickly in the current financial world, so the first to notice current or future events are more likely to have the upper hand. However, precise predictions aren’t enough: An entrepreneur looking to establish a brokerage firm has to be knowledgeable in this field and…

These days, CAPEX.com is known as a multi-asset trading platform operating worldwide, but like most businesses, it started small. Many people ask me how I turned CAPEX.com from a new and unknown CFD trading platform into today’s global powerhouse. The answer is, on the one hand, somewhat complex, but on…

Technologically speaking, the world around us is changing fast — including, of course, the financial world. It is sometimes hard to follow and realize what a passing trend is and what is here to stay, but my background and experience help me not get washed away and remain focused on…

There’s no doubt that the last two years, in the shadow of the plague, have dramatically influenced the global economy. For this reason, I recently spent some more time analyzing the markets, trying to figure out where they are headed soon, and I can see that the demand for soft…

Starting a business isn’t easy. Yet even if you managed to succeed in doing so, many more challenges still lie ahead of you. One of the major ones that a new startup faces is the expansion challenge, or as I like to call it, the scale-up challenge. You might ask…

Does the thought of investing in indices, equities, or futures make you yawn? Don’t worry, you still have a place in the investment world. There are many other options for investments out there that might catch your eye. …