What is DeFi Good For?
What is DeFi good for? DeFi offers financial products and services to many who are unable to access traditional means of lending. These systems can be capable of processing loans over the internet in minutes instead of days, weeks, and months.
Midterm Elections and Weak Stock Markets
The Fed will be raising interest rates and that has spooked the market. Then there is the war in Ukraine with disruptions of the commodity markets and the prospect of global recession starting in Russia and Europe. So, these factors should explain why the market is down in Biden’s midterm year. But none of this explains why midterm elections and weak stock markets have been the pattern since 1900!
Cryptocurrency Profit Potential
For investors who would like to replicate the Bitcoin success story is there a comparable cryptocurrency profit potential today? Are there other cryptocurrencies that could replicate the Bitcoin success story? what are reasonable expectations for Bitcoin in the coming years
Fallout from Russian Debt Default
Russia is heading toward default as half of its $640 billion in foreign currency reserves are under sanctions by the US, EU, and UK. Why is this happening? How will it progress? What will be the broader fallout from Russian debt default?
Borrowing Money in Cryptocurrencies
The dollar strengthened and many borrowers across the globe ended up paying back more money in their home currencies that their loans were originally worth. The same predicament could befall those today who consider borrowing money in cryptocurrencies.
How Badly Does Inflation Affect Your Investments?
How badly does inflation affect your investments? Inflation does not affect everyone the same. And inflation can have different effects depending on the mix of assets in your investment portfolio. Part of the puzzle has to do with which measure of inflation you use.
Cryptocurrencies and a Fractured World
Europeans are looking at the atrocities committed by Russians and seeing themselves as the next victims. Finland and Sweden will join NATO and the world will enter a new prolonged Cold War. Meanwhile cryptocurrencies allow for financial transactions across borders. One of our concerns is about cryptocurrencies and a fractured world.
Investing During Times of War
When investing during times of war do you simply stay the course or totally change your investment strategy?
What Is Blockchain Useful For?
While cryptocurrencies fluctuate in value and both excite and concern investors, many have come to see the blockchain as the wave of the future, a safe, efficient, and effective way to store and process information. What is blockchain useful for and is it a cure or all ills or are there (as with all technologies) advantages and disadvantages?