Pension Funds (and Math Teachers)
2020-08-11
Pensions are retirement benefits that employers promise to pay their employees after they’ve retired.Keep Reading
Portfolios (and Planting Seeds)
2020-08-11
A portfolio is a collection of investments designed to (hopefully) avoid the risk of relying on a single investment.Keep Reading
Bonds (and Bad Breath)
2020-08-06
Bonds are debt: IOUs issued by corporations and governments.Keep Reading
Indexes (S&P 500, etc.)
2020-08-05
‘Indexes’ are measuring sticks for markets – lists of stocks designed to reflect how a broader group of stocks is doing.Keep Reading
Private Equity (and Hidden Cash)
2020-07-29
Private Equity investors borrow money to buy companies, find hidden stashes of cash in them, and then sell them at a big profit.Keep Reading
Sovereign Funds (and Princes)
2020-07-19
Sovereign wealth funds are huge investment funds controlled by countries that got mega-rich selling oil, or in some other way.Keep Reading
Hedge Funds (and Hogs)
2020-07-16
Hedge Funds are investment firms that speculate in very specific areas, by trying to obtain more data (information) about those areas than anyone else.Keep Reading
Venture Capital (and Rockets)
2020-07-13
Venture Capitalists are investors who pump millions of dollars into fast growing startups, hoping they’ll grow quickly and become huge successes.Keep Reading
Equity (and Actors)
2020-07-10
Equity means ownership. It can also mean justice or fairness.Keep Reading
Debt (and Backpacks)
2020-07-08
Debt is when one person or company owes money to another person or company. Keep Reading
Dilution
2020-05-25
Dilution is when you add something into something else, and in the process make it weaker or less concentrated.Keep Reading
Interest Rates (And Escalators)
2020-05-01
Interest rates are the cost of borrowing money. Keep Reading
Visibility (and Egg Production)
2020-04-14
Visibility is the ability to foresee (or not) what will happen in your business.Keep Reading