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Where the Money Comes From: How Explorers Finance Themselves
Private placements, warrants and flow-through shares: how companies without revenue raise capital — and what each route means for existing shareholders.
25 August 2026
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Why small caps fall first in a market crisis — and what follows from that
In broad market falls, small companies regularly lose more than large ones and recover later. Why that happens, why diversification helps less than expected, and what it means for position size.
24 August 2026
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Who runs the company? Assessing management and insiders in micro caps
In small companies the leadership often decides the outcome more than the project does. Which information is public, what insider ownership tells you, and which patterns should raise doubts.
23 August 2026
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82%
of EU citizens do not have a high level of financial literacy. Only 18 per cent reach the top tier.
26%
answered at least four out of five basic financial literacy questions correctly.
14.1m
people in Germany hold shares, funds or ETFs — more than ever before.
4.9m
of them actually hold individual shares. The rest leave the choice to others.
Sources: Eurobarometer 525 “Monitoring the level of financial literacy in the EU”, European Commission, July 2023 · Deutsches Aktieninstitut, shareholder figures 2025 (annual average).
About Carsten Schmider
One of the best-known small- and micro-cap analysts in the German-speaking market.
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