EPA HAMMER

Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 05/04/14. Despite rumors that in the first quarter of 2014, a seasonally negative period for the labor market, positive interannual job creation rates would be seen in Spain for the first time since the beginning of the crisis, the […]

INDEXED FUNDS OR ETFs?

Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 05/18/14. I have already mentioned on several occasions that, for a small investor, the best way to save is to invest in stocks linked to a stock index (what in the jargon is known as “index funds” or “passively managed”). This method of […]

DEFLATION?

Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 04/13/2014. Inflation in the euro zone in the month of March has been reduced to 0.5%, while in Spain the leading CPI indicator places its annual variation at –0.2%. These figures have alarmed economic institutions, considering […]

REFORMS: WILL SPAIN BE THE FLORIDA OR THE VENEZUELA OF EUROPE?

Article published by Félix Fdez-Claverie in Diario de Avisos on 04/20/2014. I recently read Luis Garicano's book "The Dilemma of Spain. Being more productive to live better."  Luis Garicano (Valladolid, 1967) is a professor of economics and strategy at the London School of Economics and a doctor in economics from the University of Chicago. Ha […]

RICH AGAIN?

Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 04/27/2014. The Bank of Spain (BdE) has just published statistics on household financial accounts for 2013, and newspaper headlines have been quick to highlight that “family wealth returns to levels of […]