Highest Deposit Rates in the World by Country 2018
As a small and growing investor, I'm always looking for higher yield investments, and despite deposits doesn't fit in my wealth building strategy, I have made some pocket money in the past.…
Macroeconomics
Welcome to the Macroeconomic section. Here, I explore the intricate world of macroeconomics with a special focus on the geography of the European Union, Baltic States, and the Caucasus, particularly Georgia. I cover a wide range of topics, including GDP, salaries, inflation rates, and economic policies.
Average Salary in European Union 2018
For the fifth year in a row, I'm publishing my humble observations on average salary changes in the European Union. In this article, I've compared both gross and net average salary for 2018. Update…
Minimum Wages in European Union 2018
Turns out this is already fifth (#5) article about minimum wages in European Union featured on the blog. Traditions must be continued and here comes the latest article with the latest data for 2018…
Minimum Wages in Central Asian Countries 2017
When speaking about Central Asian countries, I'm referring to the five former Soviet Union member states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The total population of…
Minimum Wage Set to Rise in Baltic States in 2018
During the past few years, there have been some positive improvements for raising the minimum wage in all three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). In 2018 minimum wage is…
Google Spreadsheet To Track BTC/Altcoin Trading on Monthly Basis
Track your altcoin/BTC investment portfolio with Google Spreadsheets Investments in crypto-currencies are among one of the most interesting findings for me this year (2017). I decided to give them a…
How To Track Your CryptoCurrencies Portfolio Automatically Using Google Spreadsheets
It was just recently I made my first investment in cryptocurrencies, I spent EUR 50 to acquire about 0.2 Ethereum. As I bought them for a long term (buy and hold) and actually I'm planning to acquire…
Simple Google Spreadsheet to Track Stock Portfolio Changes Using GOOGLEFINANCE
There is a super simple and easy way to track your stock portfolio with real-time price, cost basis, market value, value gain, even individual stock weight in the portfolio, net yield on cost and…
Average Salary in European Union 2017
For the fourth year in a row, I'm publishing my humble observations on average salary changes in the European Union. In this article, I've decided to compare average salary in 2017 with 2014. …
What's Minimum Wage in European Union 2017
This is already fourth annual article covering minimum wage and its disproportion among 22 of 28 European Union member countries. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union…
Average Monthly Salary in Former Soviet Union Republics 2016
About two years ago I first compared average monthly salary in Former Soviet Union Republics. Now, two years later, I decided to compare again. I was surprised after seeing results. Let me…
Life Expectancy in European Union 2015
In today's article - Life expectancy in European Union (EU). Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country expected to live if mortality rates at each age…
Average Salary in European Union 2016
My previous two articles about average salaries in European Union (EU) member countries turned out to be one of the most popular on the blog so far, I would even call them killer articles.…
Minimum Wages in European Union 2016
In 2016 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with official minimum wage set by the government. Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018 The most are receiving residents of…
Minimum Wage Set to Rise in All Baltic States in 2016
There have been some positive improvements for raising the minimum wage in all three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) in recent years. And there are more to come. In 2016…
Average Salary In European Union 2015
My previous post about average salary in European Union for 2014 generated some buzz on social networks (Facebook, Reddit, Twitter) and on other websites, in total it has generated more than 15,000…
What Is Minimum Wage In European Union 2015
A year ago I created a blog post about minimum wages in European Union in 2014, that post generated a lot of views (more than 20,000 page views) and some buzz (got shared on Facebook, Reddit, and…
Projected Future Forecast For GDP In Former Soviet Union Block Countries (2014-2019)
In past I have created many GDP reviews regarding former Soviet Union republics, but have never made future GDP forecast report yet. In this article that's exactly what I'm doing. Now, Soviet Union…
Pictures of Khazar Islands, Azerbaijan Tower
I have never been to Azerbaijan, but have heard a lot of it's plans to build a super expensive project of Khazar Islands and worlds highest tower - Azerbaijan, somewhere close to it's capital city…
Travellers from Poland, Germany and Greece Among Top countries from European Union visiting Georgia - EU From Total Just 4.21%
According to Georgian National Tourism Administration in 2014 there was a total of 5 493 492 international travelers arriving to Georgia, what is a increase of 1.9% compared to previous year (…
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