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Let Them Eat Cake🍃 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),...
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Let Them Eat Cake☀️ 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 broccoli florets, STRIPS isolate the desirable part of the product
STRIPS / Broccoli Florets
- partial products packaged for individual sale
Eatamology
“STRIPS” is an acronym for Separately Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. Ironically named, they allow investors to strip apart the coupon payments from the principal amount of a Treasury product.
Financials
Popular STRIPS behave like the zero coupon bonds mentioned below, which like sale items, are sold at a discount. Most retail investors do not invest in individual STRIPS, but will see them show up in a Money Market Fund or conservative ETF.
Zero Coupon / Final Sale
Like a final sale, when a store looks to sell food approaching expiration, zero coupon bonds are sold at a discount and have a short shelf life. Buyers may pay $990/bond instead of the standard $1000/bond, and instead of periodic interest payments, they will receive $1000 back at maturity. When Bills are sold as zero coupon bonds, investors refer to them as STRIPS.
Nutrition Facts
Price: Premium
Issue Frequency: bi-weekly
Maturity: Short
Interest/Coupon Amount: Low - Medium
Coupon Type: Zero
Yield: Low - Medium
Tax Status: Tax Exempt
TL,DR: Like broccoli florets, STRIPS isolate the desirable part of the product
STRIPS / Broccoli Florets
- partial products packaged for individual sale
Eatamology
“STRIPS” is an acronym for Separately Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. Ironically named, they allow investors to strip apart the coupon payments from the principal amount of a Treasury product.
Financials
Popular STRIPS behave like the zero coupon bonds mentioned below, which like sale items, are sold at a discount. Most retail investors do not invest in individual STRIPS, but will see them show up in a Money Market Fund or conservative ETF.
Zero Coupon / Final Sale
Like a final sale, when a store looks to sell food approaching expiration, zero coupon bonds are sold at a discount and have a short shelf life. Buyers may pay $990/bond instead of the standard $1000/bond, and instead of periodic interest payments, they will receive $1000 back at maturity. When Bills are sold as zero coupon bonds, investors refer to them as STRIPS.
Nutrition Facts
Price: Premium
Issue Frequency: bi-weekly
Maturity: Short
Interest/Coupon Amount: Low - Medium
Coupon Type: Zero
Yield: Low - Medium
Tax Status: Tax Exempt
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