Alternative Data – Fewer Shipping Containers Arriving at U.S. Ports This month’s chart explores an alternative dataset, the number of shipping containers coming into U.S. ports. Alternative datasets like this are often used by institutional investors, such as hedge fu... Apr 16, 2023 News
A Simple Explanation of Recent Bank Failures The banking industry is experiencing a crisis of confidence as checking deposits are withdrawn after businesses and individuals flooded banks with new deposits during the pandemic. Figure 1 shows depo... Mar 13, 2023 News
A warm welcome to Nacha de Jesus She has more than 10 years’ experience in the fiduciary service industry and as director she was also responsible for Business and Product Development for Latin American corporate and private wealth c... Feb 23, 2023 News
The Curaçao Private Foundation (‘SPF’) Introduction A Curaçao private foundation is a flexible legal person used by residents and non-residents for asset protection and estate planning purposes. If the foundation generates passive income o... Feb 16, 2023 News
Strong Consumer Spending Boosts U.S. Economic Growth The U.S. consumer powered strong economic growth during the past two years, supported by wage growth, multiple rounds of fiscal stimulus checks, and access to cheap credit. It was initially spending o... Feb 14, 2023 News
Are non-US stocks finally ready to shine? Over the past decade, U.S. investors benefitted significantly by investing at home rather than abroad , as U.S. stocks significantly out performed their international counterparts . As illustrated in ... Jan 15, 2023 News
Home Prices Decline as Rising Mortgage Rates Pressure Demand The U.S. housing market is experiencing a significant slowdown after two years of rapid growth. The chart below shows U.S. home prices declined -3.3% during the three months from June through Septembe... Dec 16, 2022 News
Recent Stock Market Volatility Stock market volatility is rising this year after a relatively calm 2021. Financial markets are experiencing bigger moves up and down as investors navigate a long list of events, including Federal Res... Nov 14, 2022 News
Wage Inflation Puts Additional Pressure on the Federal Reserve Inflation remains a closely watched topic in financial markets. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, increased +6.6% year-over-year during September. It was the fastest annu... Oct 16, 2022 News
PYGG excited about engagement TerraMobile Willemstad – September 21, 2022 – PYGG feels honored and excited about assisting TerraMobile with financial structuring, private- and public placement of securities via the Dutch Caribbean Securities ... Sep 20, 2022 News
Consumers Turn to Credit Cards as Inflation Hurts This month’s charts examine the trend of increasing consumer credit usage. Figure 1 charts the amount of outstanding revolving consumer credit, and Figure 2 charts the year-over-year percentage growth... Sep 14, 2022 News
PYGG Launches Virtual Asset Investment Funds Willemstad, Curaçao – August 1, 2022 – PYGG Securities Co. B.V. (“PYGG”) announces the launch of its virtual asset investment funds that operate exclusively on the Ethereum blockchain. The funds offer... Sep 1, 2022 News