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TL,DR: Like lettuce, lacking substance Treasury Bills / Lettucelacking substanceshort lifespansafe and mildly nutritiousEatamology “T-Bills” or “Bills” for short refer to the hard copy form of these bonds, which looks very much like a dollar bill, and which was created by President Hoover at the start of the Great Depression to raise money for the government when tax income dropped dramatically. The Department of the Treasury, a division of the Executive Branch (which is controlled by POTUS),...
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TL,DR: Choose suitable investments based on your goals and risk tolerance. “Pete Townshend was conflicted because he feared The Who had sold out, and seeing The Sex Pistols, who were icons of rebellion, exacerbated him even more. Pete left that bar and passed out in a random doorway in Soho (a part of London). A policeman recognized him ("A policeman knew my name") and being kind, woke him and told him, "You can go sleep at home tonight (instead of a jail cell), if you can get up and walk awa...
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Helping future investors understand finance and crypto using digestible analogies. I hope you brought your appetite. Not a financial advisor
🍃 Treasury Bill
TL,DR: Like lettuce, lacking substance Treasury Bills / Lettucelacking substanceshort lifespansafe and mildly nutritiousEatamology “T-Bills” or “Bills” for short refer to the hard copy form of these bonds, which looks very much like a dollar bill, and which was created by President Hoover at the start of the Great Depression to raise money for the government when tax income dropped dramatically. The Department of the Treasury, a division of the Executive Branch (which is controlled by POTUS),...
🚶Who are you?
TL,DR: Choose suitable investments based on your goals and risk tolerance. “Pete Townshend was conflicted because he feared The Who had sold out, and seeing The Sex Pistols, who were icons of rebellion, exacerbated him even more. Pete left that bar and passed out in a random doorway in Soho (a part of London). A policeman recognized him ("A policeman knew my name") and being kind, woke him and told him, "You can go sleep at home tonight (instead of a jail cell), if you can get up and walk awa...
☀️ ESG
TL,DR: ESG designations are labels meant to indicate ethical products ESG | Organic, Non-GMO, Ethically SourcedLike organic, non-gmo, and ethically sourced marketing labels, ESG labels are applied when a company allegedly meets regulatory standardsCan be related to the product itself, or associated impacts from the productEatamology “ESG” stands for environmental, social, and governance. It’s a broad and sometimes subjective label that attracts investors concerned about outcomes and ethics in...
Helping future investors understand finance and crypto using digestible analogies. I hope you brought your appetite. Not a financial advisor

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TL,DR: Like a vegetable garden, bond payments involve a large upfront investment followed by a stream of rewards that exceed the initial investment
Bond Lifecycle / Vegetable Garden
large initial investment
predictable moments of repayment
concludes with a large and bountiful harvest
Financials Planting a vegetable garden involves a large upfront investment which includes building the garden, buying the seeds, planting them, and installing a sprinkler system to water them. In the lifecycle of a bond, this is the moment of purchase, when the buyer puts down a large principal amount for the products, usually $1000/bond. After this moment - the rest is gravy. Vegetables appear and grow ripe and ready for consumption. Likewise, bonds will typically make interest payments to the product holders, a bi-annual reward for the initial principal investment. Finally, the harvest arrives and the bulk of the veggies are ready for consumption. In the lifecycle of the bond, this is the moment of maturity - when the investor is paid back the entire principal.
What’s in a Name
Interest payments are named from the latin ‘interesse” which translates to compensation or rate. It’s the fee the issuer pays in exchange for borrowing the principal amount.
Coupon payments are named after the original bond sheets, that featured tearable tabs which could be exchanged at the bank for the agreed upon interest amounts.
TL,DR: Like a vegetable garden, bond payments involve a large upfront investment followed by a stream of rewards that exceed the initial investment
Bond Lifecycle / Vegetable Garden
large initial investment
predictable moments of repayment
concludes with a large and bountiful harvest
Financials Planting a vegetable garden involves a large upfront investment which includes building the garden, buying the seeds, planting them, and installing a sprinkler system to water them. In the lifecycle of a bond, this is the moment of purchase, when the buyer puts down a large principal amount for the products, usually $1000/bond. After this moment - the rest is gravy. Vegetables appear and grow ripe and ready for consumption. Likewise, bonds will typically make interest payments to the product holders, a bi-annual reward for the initial principal investment. Finally, the harvest arrives and the bulk of the veggies are ready for consumption. In the lifecycle of the bond, this is the moment of maturity - when the investor is paid back the entire principal.
What’s in a Name
Interest payments are named from the latin ‘interesse” which translates to compensation or rate. It’s the fee the issuer pays in exchange for borrowing the principal amount.
Coupon payments are named after the original bond sheets, that featured tearable tabs which could be exchanged at the bank for the agreed upon interest amounts.
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