A data-driven dive into global investing trends, Python’s explosive growth and the surprising psychology behind our financial decisions.
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 | Python Is Now The Most Popular Programming Language 🖥️1 The most popular programming languages on GitHub from 2014 to 2024, ranked by the number of users contributing to projects in each language. …and Grok will write it for you. #technology READ MORE |
| Evaluating robo-advisers through behavioural finance: a critical review of technology potential, rationality and investor expectations The financial sector is undergoing a large-scale transformation that is strongly characterised by the emergence of novel financial technology (FinTech) and its applications.2 #behaviouralfinance #technology READ MORE |  |
 | U.S. vs. Global ex-US Equity Returns Since 1979📈 In 2025, global ex-US equities were outperforming the S&P 500 by 2.7% (as of February 19). Investors are becoming increasingly bullish on global equities, with European stocks seeing the strongest monthly returns against the S&P 500 in January in a decade. Over the past 10 years, global stocks have averaged 4.9% annualised returns while the S&P 500 has averaged 13.8%. 3 #investment READ MORE |
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Credits: Voronoi by Visual Capitalist, 1GitHub, 2Eichler KS and Schwab E (2024) Evaluating robo-advisors through behavioral finance: a critical review of technology potential, rationality, and investor expectations. Front. Behav. Econ. 3:1489159. doi: 10.3389/frbhe.2024.1489159, 3Trading View, Curvo, and geralt from pixabay
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