Investment Strategy
"Japanification" in the economic sense refers to the stagnation that Japan's economy has faced over the past three decades, and is typically applied in reference to the concern among economists that other developed countries will follow along the same path. As a visual, here's Japan's long-term nominal GDP in US dollar terms: Chart … [Read more...]
Several months ago, I began exploring the lending ecosystem around bitcoin and other digital assets, and in particular found BlockFi to be interesting. With BlockFi, folks can earn interest on their bitcoin or their cash, or use their bitcoin as collateral for low interest loans. This article explores how that works and what the risks and … [Read more...]
One of the concerns I've seen aimed at Bitcoin is the claim that it's a Ponzi scheme. The argument suggests that because the Bitcoin network is continually reliant on new people buying in, that eventually it will collapse in price as new buyers are exhausted. So, this article takes a serious look at the concern by comparing and contrasting … [Read more...]
When it comes to determining a fair value for equities, interest rates are an important variable to consider. As rates rise or fall, they affect the appropriate valuations for different stocks in different ways. This article provides a brief overview of how that works. The Equity Risk Premium Equities are not priced in a vacuum; they are … [Read more...]
The anonymous founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, solved the hard problems associated with digital scarcity with a white paper in 2008, and launched Bitcoin in 2009. After that invention, numerous other projects came in its wake. There are now over 8,000 separate digital assets that CoinMarketCap recognizes. Of these, Ethereum is the second … [Read more...]