CMI Explains: Alternative Investing in Comic Books
With $5 comics reselling in the millions, the overlooked comic book market offers lucrative opportunities for the well-informed investor.
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Lottie Buttle
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
CMI Explains: Vaccines and Behavioural Economics
As the pandemic stretches on, what can we learn from behavioural economics to help it come to an end?
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Zainab Rehman
- May 4, 2021
- 4 min
CMI Explains: A Digital Renminbi
China is experimenting with a sovereign digital currency. What are the implications? What does it mean for cryptocurrencies?
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Holly Duke
- Apr 5, 2021
- 4 min
CMI Explains: Vaccine Passports
What are vaccine passports? On a basic level, vaccine passports would enable those who have been vaccinated to have more freedom to...
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Andrzej Tkacz
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
What have we learnt from the Suez Incident?
A massive container ship, Ever Given, blocked a maritime traffic through the Suez Canal. Read to find out what it means for the economy.
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Amy Tan
- Mar 24, 2021
- 3 min
CMI Explains: NFTs
Non-Fungible Tokens have been frequenting the news lately, with a recent £50m sale at a Christie’s auction. But what actually are they?
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Lucas Yanez-Renshaw
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
CMI Explains: Why is Crypto Bad for the Environment?
In energy terms, back of the envelope estimates reveal the almost unbelievable scale of the problem.
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Max Filley
- Mar 16, 2021
- 5 min
CMI Explains: The Economics of Running a Festival
Music festivals are a big part of British culture, with iconic events such as Glastonbury being among the best attended and recognised in...
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David Francis
- Mar 9, 2021
- 5 min
CMI Explains: What do US military contractors do and how much do they make?
When you think of a United States defense contractor, you probably conjure up thoughts of companies like Lockheed Martin and Boeing...
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Beatrice Bullough
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
CMI Explains: Freeports
An explanation of the controversial new policy in the 2021 budget. CMI explains how freeports work and the arguments for and against them
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- Feb 23, 2021
- 5 min
CMI Explains: The Rise of Green Bonds
In the span of a decade, Green Bonds have gone from the periphery of capital markets to one of its fastest-growing segments. What are...
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Andrzej Tkacz
- Feb 18, 2021
- 3 min
CMI Explains: Tesla Buys $1.5bn in Bitcoin
A cryptocurrency market experienced a positive shock. Read on to find out what the recent move of Tesla means for investors and the company.
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Amy Tan
- Feb 16, 2021
- 4 min
CMI Explains: The Case for UBI
Few subjects animate political debate and controversy as much as that of the Universal Basic Income. Commentators on both the right and...
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Simran Kambo
- Feb 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Digital Services Act: A New Era of Big Tech Regulation?
The Digital Services Act aims to increase the responsibility of tech businesses. Is this a new era of regulation or is it restriction?
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th6028
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
CMI Explains: Why Is Everyone Talking About GameStop?
Source: Clay Banks For many businesses in the west, 2021 is not off to a great start. Poor earnings reports combined with a slow vaccine...
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Beatrice Bullough
- Jan 24, 2021
- 5 min
CMI Explains: Biden's Stimulus Plan
On the 14th of January, then President-Elect Joe Biden announced his plans for an economic relief package which would, in his words,...
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Amy Tan
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
CMI Explains: Automatic Stabilisers
Why and when do we need automatic stabilisers? Turbulence, whether it be economic, social, or political, has characterised the year of...
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bh5134
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
CMI Explains: Why the Does Ryan Reynolds Want to Buy Wrexham?
Source: Wrexham History Last Monday, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took to Zoom to pitch their bid to buy Wrexham in front of 2,000...
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Amy Tan
- Oct 10, 2020
- 4 min
CMI Explains: Internal Market Bill
Brexit has been a seemingly ubiquitous topic for the past few years, with seemingly endless debates and controversies surrounding it.
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