Economics

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What is happening with Stellar Lumens (XLM)?

9 Nov 2019 3 minute read 10 comments raven $0.57

In my last post I made a very optimistic prediction for XLM future prices. I hope you guys followed the "this is not financial advice" part, because so far this has been a bad trade. I bought some XLM after the big spike (when SDF announced they burn...

Blockchain to Prevent Another Economic Crash?

1 Nov 2019 5 minute read 3 comments MintDice.com $1.12

Like any other system, the global economy is susceptible to failure at many different points. Unfortunately, due to the interconnectedness of the world, an economic crisis in one country could have disastrous consequences for other countries. This wa...

A Study on Token Velocity

30 Oct 2019 7 minute read 3 comments raven $1.85

There is a certain debate in the crypto community about the topic of "Token Velocity". Velocity is basically the number of times a token change hands in average during a certain period of time. To illustrate this, let's look at a simple example. Imag...

There’s [Probability] Theory, and Then There’s Reality

21 Oct 2019 3 minute read 2 comments Daniel Goldman $0.10

Mathematicians sometimes forget that real life doesn’t always function like mathematical objects do. Expected value is an important concept in mathematics, as well as topics of epidemiology and public health, economics and finance, project man...

Stock market bubble and crisis definition and today's analysis

19 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Emad $0.07

There are several definitions and explanations for an economy bubble and the probability of a crisis coming. I'd like to refer the one I feel confident with, from the book "FINANCIAL MARKET HISTORY" by David Chambers and Elroy Dimson, published by Un...

Why Oil market is not to calm down?

13 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Emad $0.05

I have posted this analysis on my business website, www.optraders.com, a B2B platform for Energy market. Oil price is not seeming to have peace and here is set of reasons we believe the trend continues to fluctuate to its 2018-2019 highs in 2020. Oil...

Quotes From Erik Voorhees + My Commentary

4 Oct 2019 11 minute read 0 comments Cryptolohy $0.48

Some weeks ago, I watched the debate between Erik Vorhees and Peter Schiff, and I found some interesting quotes that I wanted to share with you. Obviously I don't agree with everything Erik has said or done, for instance, when he says blasphemies aga...

How will Bitcoin Behave if the Global Economy Erupts?

20 Sep 2019 23 minute read 4 comments AdaptiveAnalysis $3.66

You can also read this blog post on the Adaptive Analysis website. Economic conditions become increasingly turbulent after a decade of stimulative monetary policy & negative interest rate policies. A forward-looking indicator which has preceded every...

What is price volatility? How does it impact you

17 Sep 2019 5 minute read 1 comment TanujPaulB $0.15

What is the textbook definition of volatility? It is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index (that was literaly the Investopedia definition). In case you didn't understand what that meant, the concept o...

The Corporate Debt Bubble and Potential Winners

14 Sep 2019 2 minute read 2 comments Daniel Goldman $0.20

As some are starting to point out, corporate debt is becoming incredibly worrisome, especially with negative yielding debt. As a percentage of GDP, corporations are holding more debt now than before the "great recession." Perhaps more importantly, a...