Investment Strategy
Published June 2021 Most asset classes have some degree of controversy. Investors will debate endlessly regarding whether a stock is overvalued, whether bond yields make sense for the current environment, to what extent oil will be used two decades in the future, and so forth. But few asset classes are quite as controversial as gold, … [Read more...]
Inflation is a controversial and complex topic. This article looks at 150 years of data across multiple countries to provide a general idea of what inflation is, what to look for, and how to invest with inflationary and deflationary risks in mind. Read from the beginning, or jump to the section you want. Article Chapters: Definitions: … [Read more...]
I receive a lot of questions about market capitalization, or "market cap" and how it applies to various asset classes such as stocks, gold, or bitcoin. In particular, transfers between asset classes seem to be a somewhat unintuitive concept, and thus worthy of review and examples. The key reason to understand market capitalization dynamics is … [Read more...]
Over the past decade, the bitcoin network has been the most secure public blockchain. This is because it has by far the highest market capitalization and hash rate in the asset class, along with customized hardware required to mine it, meaning that the cost for a potential attacker to try to control 51% of the hash rate for a lengthy period of … [Read more...]
One of the most powerful things to look for in an investment is a network effect. A network effect is an attribute of a company or other system such that as more people use the network, the network becomes exponentially more valuable for each user. It's one of the strongest economic moats that a system can have against competitors. This … [Read more...]