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Prices are the factor that most quickly change how the economy feels to our wallets. When the cost of a shopping basket rises, the same amount of money buys fewer goods, and there’s a chain reaction that touches corporate costs and profits, interest rates, and even exchange rates. Yet terms you hear...

When analyzing a company, understanding “what the business does” matters just as much as “how well it earns and keeps profits.” This post pulls together the core metrics most used in company analysis—kept simple enough for middle schoolers—covering quick definitions, how to interpret them, and key w...

If there’s one common force that moves both equities and crypto, it’s liquidity. Liquidity is the amount of money in the system and how quickly it circulates. As the tide rises and lifts most boats, abundant liquidity tends to put a tailwind behind risk assets, while when the tide goes out, even goo...

If every trip to the store feels like your shopping basket has gotten lighter than it used to, it means the currency’s purchasing power has declined. This post explains, in plain terms for beginner investors, the mechanics behind falling purchasing power and backs it up with actual data on changes i...

Swing trading is a medium-term active strategy that aims to capture multi-day to multi-week price swings for profit. Unlike day trading, which closes all positions within the same session, swing trading presumes holding positions overnight. Conversely, its holding period is shorter than position tra...

“Policy rate cuts = higher equities” is intuitive but only half true. Rate cuts activate two forces at once. One is valuation support via a lower discount rate, and the other is risk aversion driven by a slowing economy and downward earnings revisions. Historically, equity market reactions diverged ...

Gold is often seen as something that “rises in times of crisis,” but in reality, major trends form when several macro variables and supply-demand factors align. Two points matter most for new investors. First, there’s no formula to compute gold’s short-term fair value, but there are indicators that ...

Policy rate cuts have immediate yet nuanced effects on equities. Lower discount rates lift asset values, but if cuts reflect a weakening economy, earnings can soften. Ultimately, what matters is “why, by how much, and for how long” rates are cut. This post lays out the core mechanisms, historical co...