Today marks Rise’s first birthday. From a founding team of 3 to a team of 20 and counting people, Rise has grown significantly and continues to do so. We started Rise as a simple way of providing people living in Nigeria with dollar-denominated investments in the US and other markets to enable them to earn… Continue reading Celebrating 365 days of Rise 🎉
Tag: Dollar investment
The Principle Of Buying Stocks When Others Are Selling
Data from matrotrends.com | Analysis by Rise The image above is the historical stock price movement of Apple in the last 5 years adjusted for all stock splits. If you draw a line from the origin to the current position (as we’ve done), you will get a straight line moving up from the origin. That’s… Continue reading The Principle Of Buying Stocks When Others Are Selling
The Goal of Investing
Everyone feels cheated when they get to the market and the price of rice has increased without an equivalent increase in the quality or quantity of the rice. We make remarks like “Nawa oo”, “what’s the meaning of all these now”, “why is the government doing this?” and many more similar remarks. What we are… Continue reading The Goal of Investing
Investment Fraud and How To Protect Yourself
Fraud isn’t new and can be dated as far back as the 1920s. A con artist named Charles Ponzi defrauded many Americans by promising unbelievable returns from a strange scheme where he was using new investors’ money to pay off existing investors. This trick was in play for years, from when Bernie Madoff was convicted… Continue reading Investment Fraud and How To Protect Yourself
How Corona Virus Is Impacting Global Markets
The coronavirus infection has been spreading across the world since the inability to contain it within China. It has since affected several countries across South East Asia, and cases have been identified in 44 countries in total, including Egypt and Algeria. 81,000 cases have been identified, and about 3,000 deaths have occurred, most of them… Continue reading How Corona Virus Is Impacting Global Markets
How Recessions Can Make You Rich
Fortunes, they say, are made during recessions. Naturally, your first question would be — how? When you open your stocks portfolio and your investments are down, by a lot, it is understandable to ask ‘how in the world does this help me?’ Well, the team at Rise is happy to explain. First, you are investing… Continue reading How Recessions Can Make You Rich
How To Think About Risk and Returns
There’s a lot of misconception about risks and earning returns in investment. Some people say we want to get returns but we don’t want to take risks while some say we need to make returns but we want guaranteed returns. In this post, we’ll dive into the relationship between risk and returns and make it… Continue reading How To Think About Risk and Returns
Dollar Investment 101
Stable currencies are to investments what stew is to rice. For the best results, they absolutely have to go together. This is because your investments are supposed to be long term and if your currency is constantly being devalued, then no matter the returns you’re earning on them, your investments are probably losing, rather than… Continue reading Dollar Investment 101
CashEstate is now Rise – Yes, We’ve Rebranded!
We have a new name, a new look and investment options for everyone. You probably know that we’ve been busy improving our platform to make it a better fit for everyone and their future. Months of planning, developing new products and overhauling our brand have led here: the all-new rise.capital. This is a big change… Continue reading CashEstate is now Rise – Yes, We’ve Rebranded!