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Martin Boujol

Martin has recently graduated from the university of St. Gallen with a master's degree in Business Innovation. He joined Flowbank in September 2020 as strategy assistant to the CIO. He has a strong interest in finance and new technologies and has a certain expertise in literature and philosophy.

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2 November 2020

Chewy lets you zoom with a veterinarian, (almost) for free

You can now zoom your veterinarian with your pet on your laps. Asking the patient what is wrong will be a long and interesting process.

Stocks ・ Asset Allocation

30 October 2020

Don’t be scared, it’s just the Halloween Effect

Right after the September effect – the worst returns of the year, people say – comes the time of ghosts and lollipops, of werewolves, pumpkin and scary nights: the Halloween effect is upon us. But what does this have to do with finance? ...

Commodities ・ Technology ・ Mobility

29 October 2020

Can Uber Eat and Postmates steal market shares from Amazon Prime?

In our times, the food delivery war is fierce. Uber is competing with contenders like DoorDash, Deliveroo, Takeaway.com, Instacart, Grubhub and many others. Postmates is not a competitor anymore, as they acquired the company earlier this year. ...

Stocks ・ Technology ・ Banks

28 October 2020

Ant Group’s Chinese IPO: $34 billion, or the biggest IPO in history

If Chinese billionaire Jack Ma already broke the record for the biggest IPO with Alibaba - $25 billion in 2014 – he just did it again with Ant Group, making the largest share sale in history.

Technology

27 October 2020

Mattel stock up to the roof thanks to Barbie

With the pandemic, toy manufacturers such as Mattel have recorded rising sales thanks to an increasing demand for toys. And Mattel stock is now back to February levels.

Technology ・ Mobility

26 October 2020

Tesla: “It may do the wrong thing at the worst time.”

What an interesting disclaimer for a car supposed to offer full self-driving capabilities. It seems that Tesla is not yet fully confident about its product, entering its beta testing phase in the coming weeks.

Technology

22 October 2020

The US Justice Department challenges Google

Earlier this week, Google got hit by the biggest tech anti-monopoly lawsuit that we have seen in two decades, after over a year of investigation.

Commodities ・

21 October 2020

Meat without animals: Beyond Meat

Our friends at Investor's Business Daily recently published an article about Beyond Meat, one of the leading vegan meat providers in the US. Should you buy the stock? Let's see what they recommend. ...

Technology

20 October 2020

Nokia will be the first 4G provider… on the Moon

The Finnish company recently won a NASA contest to develop 4G LTE on our beloved Moon, as part of the international Artemis Program.

Technology

19 October 2020

5G technology series: 7 decent 5G stocks you might want to consider

With the 5G technology getting ever more ready, it would be worth looking at which stock might be good to own in order to be ready to capture the benefits of its advent. Here are some ideas if you don't know anything about the 5G ...

Technology

16 October 2020

Twilio, the company you don’t see

You use it every day, it’s almost always in your pocket, but you don’t really notice who it is, or when you’re communicating with it. Discover Twilio, your invisible buddy.

Commodities ・ Technology

14 October 2020

Alphabet’s robots take care of plants – better than we do

The question was: “what if every single plant could be monitored and given exactly the nutrition it needed?” Well, looks like if this is the case, great things could happen. Here’s why.

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