Jan 31, 2021
The Wall Street Bets community executed a short squeeze through Reddit on stocks like GameStop and AMC Theatres this week. But what is a short squeeze? How did they and others buying stocks and options cause the stock to go up at least in the short term? Is short selling bad? Why potentially some brokers had to halt...
Jan 24, 2021
Lately things like the Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Social Security are debated on TV. Commentators throw around numbers and whether a program can be paid for. Plenty of debate on each side but why not understand for yourself where all these numbers are coming from. In this episode Derek Moore covers what makes up...
Jan 21, 2021
With this month’s increase in US Treasury interest rates the talk about inflation came up quite a bit in the financial news. But what causes inflation? What are the different types of inflation? How is inflation measured?
Different causes of inflation
Cost Push Inflation
Demand Pull...
Jan 10, 2021
Recently there have been many discussions on the valuation of the S&P 500 based on forward earnings multiples. But what role do bond yields have in that evaluation? Does the implied P/E ratio of the Baa bond yield or US 10 Year Treasury yield imply that stocks have more room to run? In any case, why not just buy but...