VanEck Blog

Big Macs and the basics of dividend investing

by Martijn Rozemuller, CEO – Europe

When the price of Macdonald’s Big Mac is rocketing, you can be sure that inflation is back. In the US, it was reported recently that the iconic burger now costs $6.05, on average with some variations across states. That’s 7.2% higher than a year earlier – the biggest jump since 1981, according to the National Restaurant Association.

A parable for crypto times

by Martijn Rozemuller, CEO – Europe

Remember the dot-com era of the early 2000s? The Web’s potential inflated an extraordinary investment bubble that eventually burst in 2001. Some companies, like WebVan, imploded. Others hung on. A few, like Amazon, grew and rewarded their shareholders relatively richly.