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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TL,DR: Like a yam, treasury notes elicit the shrug reaction
Treasury Note / Yam
medium shelf life
safe and full of nutrients
Eatamology
Issued by the Treasury, “Notes” are named for sheets of paper they were originally issued on during the War of 1812 and again to fund the Mexican-American war. Formally, the Treasury Note Act of 1812 together with the Sherman Silver Purchase Law cemented the term Treasury Note into history. The government used the money from the Notes to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver per month.
Financials
Notes mature in 1 to 10 years and are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government, just like bills. They trade at auction or on the secondary market. Unlike bills, they have longer maturity, and compensate investors for holding the product longer by offering them slightly higher interest rates. With longer maturity and higher coupons comes a higher duration, which is a complex financial calculation that indicates the sensitivity of a fixed income product’s price to interest rate changes, and is only really understood by industry professionals. Due to the longer maturity, notes are exposed to interest rate risk. Imagine you own a 10 year bond paying 1% interest semi-annually. If interest rates rise to 2%, and investors can now buy 10 year bonds that pay 2% semi-annually, the value of your product will decline.
Nutrition Facts Price: Par Issue Frequency: bi-weekly Issue Size: Maturity: Medium Interest/Coupon Amount: Low - Medium Coupon Type: Fixed or Zero Yield: Low - Medium Tax Status: Tax Exempt
TL,DR: Like a yam, treasury notes elicit the shrug reaction
Treasury Note / Yam
medium shelf life
safe and full of nutrients
Eatamology
Issued by the Treasury, “Notes” are named for sheets of paper they were originally issued on during the War of 1812 and again to fund the Mexican-American war. Formally, the Treasury Note Act of 1812 together with the Sherman Silver Purchase Law cemented the term Treasury Note into history. The government used the money from the Notes to buy 4.5 million ounces of silver per month.
Financials
Notes mature in 1 to 10 years and are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government, just like bills. They trade at auction or on the secondary market. Unlike bills, they have longer maturity, and compensate investors for holding the product longer by offering them slightly higher interest rates. With longer maturity and higher coupons comes a higher duration, which is a complex financial calculation that indicates the sensitivity of a fixed income product’s price to interest rate changes, and is only really understood by industry professionals. Due to the longer maturity, notes are exposed to interest rate risk. Imagine you own a 10 year bond paying 1% interest semi-annually. If interest rates rise to 2%, and investors can now buy 10 year bonds that pay 2% semi-annually, the value of your product will decline.
Nutrition Facts Price: Par Issue Frequency: bi-weekly Issue Size: Maturity: Medium Interest/Coupon Amount: Low - Medium Coupon Type: Fixed or Zero Yield: Low - Medium Tax Status: Tax Exempt
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),...
Let Them Eat Cake🚶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...
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...
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