After writing my article on Tether’s manipulation and influence on Bitcoin I began to wonder if there were other factors that have predictive power on Bitcoin’s price. There were a few choices and one I still need to add (as soon as Twitter gives me access to their API). But the ones I was able …
Setting the Stage As a young recent college graduate in the U.S. I find myself in an interesting position as far as my financial future is concerned. I find myself attempting to compare my financial position to that of my parents during the same stage of their lives and wondering; “will I ever get to …
Will you consider taking a look at your retirement investments again? A study by two Yale Economists (links to a PDF) says that our traditional way to invest for retirement is fundamentally flawed. The standard advice? Well the standard advice is to hold stocks roughly in the proportion to 110 minus one’s age. This means …
Tether, since it’s inception in the cryptocurrency world has always sparked a fair bit of controversy and conspiracy theories. But the two main, and recurring themes of them, are that Tether is not backed by 100% of it’s assets and it heavily influences the crypto markets. Fortunately, one of those claims is easily proven true. …
College Costs and ROI The theme of this website is mainly about cryptocurrency but I’ve been taking it more towards traditional finance and investing. And with that, I think I need to talk about possibly one of the biggest investments you could ever make. And one often made very early in life, going to college. …
Unpopular opinion – Bitcoin Halving won’t do shit If you frequent the cryptocurrency places on the internet – crypto twitter, crypto reddit, crypto blogs, etc – you’ll see many people claiming that the metric rises in Bitcoin’s price is due to the “halving.” The Halving, for the uninitiated is just the amount of new Bitcoin’s …
What is a rating agency? Well these credit rating agencies are exactly what they sound like they evaluate the ability of companies to be able to pay back their debtors by making timely interest payments and the likelihood of a company’s default risk. This would be similar to your credit scores. They are in effect the …
Is day trading your dream job? A study from the University of San Paulo Brazil by Fernando Chague, Rodrigo De-Losso, and Bruno Giovannetti says that the vast majority of day traders lose money in the equity markets. Some of the most popular finance websites out there promote the idea that day trading is easy and accessible. Investopedia …
History: There are many people within the cryptocurrency space who think blockchain is a completely new concept created by Satoshi Nakamoto (Bitcoin’s creator), unfortunately, they would be wrong. The concept and theory of the blockchain, as a database, has been around for 27 years with the theory being developed by some cryptographers named Haber and …
I’ve been trying to find out the real value of cryptocurrencies. And the real value for such a new asset class is difficult to find. Sometimes the only true way to rate cryptos is to compare them against each other. The assumption is the cryptocurrency that is in the use the most will out preform …
