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The non-existent ethical issue with BNPL

19 Oct 2025 1 minute read 4 comments LeftFooted

Some people believe that you shouldn't buy it if you can't afford it to pay it in full now. Some people take it one step further: if you can't afford to buy it twice, then you can't afford it. But why? The first thing we seem to remember is that t...

What are the four phases of the (crypto) market?

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

The crypto market cycle and, to a lesser extent any other financial market, consists of four phases. 1. Accumulation Accumulation begins when the last cycle ends. Sellers have sold, the price has bottomed out or stabilised, so the smart money star...

Let's talk about the Fear & Greed index

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

The fear and greed index measures the sentiment of the market. Even though it is entirely based on emotions, which is something some people would say has nothing to do with investing, it is actually even more important than most technical indicators...

Here's what an ETF actually is (might be good for a pub quiz, you never know)

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I feel like we've been bombarded with news and rumors about upcoming crypto ETFs but some people may not know what an ETF actually is. I certainly didn't. I had to look it up. ETF is short for Exchange Traded Funds, and an ETF is a financial tool...

MrBeast is launching his own bank (probably)

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

MrBeast, according to Newsweek, has filed a trademark for a 'MrBeast Financial', a fintech app that combines banking services aimed at Gen Z and even crypto, apparently. This'd be MrBeast's third 'adventure' outside of YouTube after Feastables, a sn...

Compound interest is your best friend

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Compound interest is "the eight wonder of the world," some attribute this quote to Einstein. Compound interest is also the reason Warren Buffett is so rich. The whole idea behind compound interest is that time is money, literally. In that, $100 tod...

Trading terminology: what is a 'Greek', and why they call it that?

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

A Greek is a person from Greece. But, oddly, it is a term that's used in finance. The variables of risk that exist when you trade options are called Greeks. So different Greeks represent different risk levels. I know a Greek guy I always meet at t...

Trading terminology: what the fudge is a 'Future'?

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I was bored on my rocking chair yesterday and so I figured I might as well trying and understand some of those annoying and boring trading terms, like 'Futures'. Futures are contracts that are executed in a very specific manner, at a very specific t...

Bitcoin will either get to $1 million or at 0, but Elon Musk's net worth is proof that all that talk about market cap is BS

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

We're always reading projections and predictions about the price of several assets, not just Bitcoin, and whenever the prediction or that projection gets a little bit too high, a little bit too bold, people always respond with the same objection. "T...

Wiz Drip 135. You Are the Guardian and Prisoner of Your Limiting Beliefs

16 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Krisz Rokk

Cash. You are a king instated on planet Earth to enroll everyone in a game cleverly designed to enslave the ones who don’t understand your deeper meaning. In a ubiquitous financial system with guardians watching over assets and liabilities, you juggl...