Economics, Markets & Capitalism
Understanding economics, the stock market, and capitalism requires crossing the rigor of present numbers with the perspective of past lessons. Far from abstract theories or ideological dogmas, economics is analyzed here as a living, political, and eminently human matter.
This main category encompasses the major pillars of building and understanding the material world: long-term stock market investing (stocks, dividends, ETFs), holding tangible protection assets (gold, real assets), physical and paper real estate, and private equity. It also explores investor psychology, the mechanisms of money and central banks, the thoughts of great economists, and the deep forces of work, demographics, and innovation.
I approach these topics with a dual perspective: that of an active trader on futures markets since 1994, facing the reality of financial flows daily, and that of a historian by training, attached to the longue durée and the deconstruction of economic myths. The goal is to provide you with clear explanatory keys, far from financial marketing, to understand current events and manage your wealth in an enlightened manner.
Discover the subcategories below to feed your economic culture and build a solid wealth strategy, anchored in the reality of cycles.
Guide to market crashes The major market crashes in history Today we offer to guide you through the major market crashes. It is essential to understand the history of finances well, both to understand it and to see that these crashes are just an endlessly repetitive sequence of bullish and bearish cycles. Nevertheless, at the […]
Trading and earning money, is good, trading while limiting losses, is better. That is the objective of Money Management. Definition of Money Management Money Management is the art of managing capital by applying tight capital risk management. It is the most important element in trading after trading psychology but novice traders often neglect it and […]
The relationship between unemployment and growth What is the relationship between economic growth and unemployment? Okun's law provides an answer to this fundamental question. Arthur Malvin Okun, an American economist, economic adviser to President Kennedy and professor at Yale University is one of my favourite modern economists, because Okun’s law is both simple (which is […]
Financial markets help to finance the economy Financial markets allows companies to finance themselves by raising capital, either by issuing bonds (debt securities) or shares (titles of property). This allows them to finance business growth and their projects, by having access to long-term finance, rather than short term finance such as bank loans. For investors […]
Why invest in financial markets? In the previous article we looked at the purpose of financial markets, we are now going to look at how investors benefit from the financial markets. Why are they interested in the financial markets, and why do they invest their capital there? Profitability in financial markets The first factor that […]
What is human capital? Investment relates to machines and factories but it must not be forgotten that investment also relates to human capital. According to Adam Smith, people contribute to economic growth. In fact workers, who have had higher education, have know-how, cultural knowledge and intellectual capacity. They are therefore more productive which enhances their […]
What is adverse selection? The market is supposed to self-regulate and to be a perfect meeting place between supply and demand. This may however sometimes show signs of failure. For example, you want to buy a used car costing around €2,000 on the market. You then meet someone who offers to sell you the model […]
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