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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: Liquidity, like freshness, indicates a products readiness for consumption
Liquidity / Freshness “If the food is stale, you know it ain’t good” - Anthony Bourdain
Financials
Most common stocks are highly liquid, meaning there are many buyers and sellers for the product. It can be easily acquired or sold, which lowers the risk of taking a long or short position in the product, because an investor can always exit the position. Bonds are less liquid, and sometimes require soliciting a price from the market when a sale is desired.
Market Makers / Grocers To encourage market activity, many large financial institutions serve as market makers, which means they have committed to always buying or selling a stock from investors looking to trade, even if they are not able to find investors on both sides of the transaction. Without market makers, consumer confidence in financial products would be significantly declined. If you entered a grocery store and found a bunch of unfamiliar products that no one is buying, you would be hesitant to make a purchase. The fixed income market suffers from a liquidity problem, which we’ll address later.
TL,DR: Liquidity, like freshness, indicates a products readiness for consumption
Liquidity / Freshness “If the food is stale, you know it ain’t good” - Anthony Bourdain
Financials
Most common stocks are highly liquid, meaning there are many buyers and sellers for the product. It can be easily acquired or sold, which lowers the risk of taking a long or short position in the product, because an investor can always exit the position. Bonds are less liquid, and sometimes require soliciting a price from the market when a sale is desired.
Market Makers / Grocers To encourage market activity, many large financial institutions serve as market makers, which means they have committed to always buying or selling a stock from investors looking to trade, even if they are not able to find investors on both sides of the transaction. Without market makers, consumer confidence in financial products would be significantly declined. If you entered a grocery store and found a bunch of unfamiliar products that no one is buying, you would be hesitant to make a purchase. The fixed income market suffers from a liquidity problem, which we’ll address later.
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