Author: admin
-
Fed Policy: Why Do Rates Hikes Hurt Stock Markets? On December 18th, the Federal Reserve announced a rate hike of 25 basis points. For the U.S. economy, this is the fourth increase of 2018 and it brings the Fed funds rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. The move came despite strong opposition from…
·
-
Foundations of Economics: The Law of Scarcity Most of the basic laws of economics focus on ways to efficiently build wealth and prosperity over time. But there are important financial concepts that turn this problem in the other direction, instead choosing to focus on the effects that a lack of available resources can have on…
-
Bitcoin: Have Cryptocurrencies Become Legitimate Market Assets? In the last few years, one of the biggest stories to hit the financial markets is the rise of Bitcoin, which is a blockchain-based digital currency that can be used to exchange in global transactions. For many, these cryptocurrency is an asset that is both mysterious and uncertain.…
-
Financial Markets: What Is The Price To Earnings Ratio? For those without experience, the stock market can seem like a complicated entity. But the reality is that most of the strategic conclusions that are drawn by hedge funds and other large investors can be boiled down to relatively simple math equations. One example is the…
·
-
Consumer Economics: What is the Market Absorption Rate? In school, some students avoid economics because they might feel as though the lessons have little-or-no application in the real world. Unfortunately, this is usually not actually the case. Economics concepts play many roles in our daily lives – and if we can understand how these concepts…
·
-
In all of the recent news dealing with US President Donald Trump and the world economy, the term “trade war” is being used a lot more than would normally be the case. But what does this term actually mean? Who are the winners and who are the losers? Does a “trade” war resemble a military…
-
With all of the recent discussions surrounding the possibility of electric cars, many economics investors have already started to move beyond crude in search of the next technological revolution. But the reality is that the world economy is not even close to eliminating the use of fossil fuels, and it will be quite some…
-
For most people, the first bank account they will have will likely be a savings account. This traditional account pays you interest in exchange for you keeping your money with the institution. Different financial institutions have different rules and interest rates, which can make the world of savings accounts tricky to navigate. However, once you…
·
-
Opportunity cost sounds like a dry topic, but it is a concept that can be applied to many aspects of daily life. I recently found a quote from a famous author and realized that it applies to life, business, economics, opportunity cost, and just about every other aspect of our waking moments. “For every opportunity…
-
Finances at Work: The Time Value of Money Whenever we are looking to understand the true value of money, it is absolutely critical factor time into the equation. This is ultimately because $1 Dollar received today is more valuable than $1 Dollar received tomorrow. There are a few different reasons to explain why this is…