Explanation of the unraveling of the highly levered Yen Carry Trade. The state of Japan's economy, and how their debt level, aging population and increasing inflation is locking them to keep interests low, meaning that the Yen Carry Trade can continue.
ETFs vs. Index Funds
Both ETFs and index funds can be relevant to regular investors. They both offer different trading structures, expense ratios, taxes, and diversification, with ETFs being more tax-efficient and offering lower minimum investments. Warren Buffett recommends index fund investing for its simplicity, low costs, and long-term perspective.
How to Ensure Financial Security for Your Children
Read on to learn how to leverage the power of compounding effects to ensure financial security for your children.
Wealthy: How to Attain Financial Freedom, Good Relationships and Internal Happiness
Wealth is about attaining financial freedom, good relationships and internal happiness. Learn how to approach this goal through identifying values, purpose and meaning, and pursuing it. Understanding economics, business, entrepreneurship and marketing, as well as how to give back to society, and acting on it.
Considering the Coase Theorem for Efficient Resource Allocation
The Coase Theorem states that if property rights are well-defined, and transaction costs are low, then resources will be efficiently allocated regardless of how those rights are initially assigned, leading to a Pareto Optimal outcome. Read on to learn more.
Unmasking the Fragile Foundations: The Minsky Moment and the Ticking Time Bomb of Financial Crises
The Minsky Moment refers to a point in time when a period of speculative excess, characterized by high levels of debt and risk-taking, suddenly unravels, leading to a severe economic downturn or financial crisis. It represents a shift from a period of stability and optimism to a state of instability and pessimism. Read on to learn more.
What Can Be Learned from the Book “Die with Zero”?
If you are not already in the mindset of continuously spending your money on life experiences to enrich your life while you are reasonably young, fit/healthy and able, rather than postponing it to some distant future that may or may not happen, then the book "Die with Zero" is for you. Read on for the key points.
How Venture Capital Works
In a 3-part video series the highly knowledgeable Scott Kupor, Managing Partner of Andreessen Horowitz aka a16z, shares concrete, easy-to-digest and actionable fundraising advice based on his experience of seeing thousands of startup pitches and working on all of a16z's investments. Read on for the key points.
How Does the Economy Really Work?
In the 30 min video "How does the economic machine really work?", Ray Dalio offers a good insight into the 3 driving forces of the economy: productivity growth, the short debt cycle (5-10 years) and the long debt cycle (75-100 years). Read on for the key points.