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Porkopolis Economics: Episode 97

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Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review the United States 10-year Government Bond Yield, also known as the 10 Year Note.

A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance) by Sydney Homer: https://www.amazon.com/History-Interest-Rates-Fourth-Finance/dp/0471732834

Contents

00:10 Understanding the Bond Yield

02:20 Outside Sources - Good Read

03:08 Mean Over the Last 60 Years

03:32 One Sigma Down | Up

04:54 Two Sigma Down | Up

06:33 Looking at the Extremes

07:28 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 96

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review the exponential regression price of silver over the last fifty years.

All-time trend coefficients to draw it yourself:

Power formula: y = a * EXP (b * x)

Coefficients found: y = 3.52 * EXP (0.28% * x)

Contents

00:08 Silver Price Trendline and Analysis Intro

01:11 Silver's Historical Price Changes

02:19 Exponential Regression Breakdown

03:40 Understanding Compound Annual Growth Rate

05:11 2030 Prediction

05:35 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

https://porkopolis.io

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 95

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

All-time trend coefficients to draw it yourself:

Power formula: y = a * EXP (b * x)

Coefficients found: y = 132.49 * EXP (0.41% * x)

Prior videos with further info:

Gold original exponential explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRkS2_ylec

Gold with other trendlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzPKK53w0IY

Gold with percentiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTkkPpCfxWA

Contents

00:33 Gold Price Trendline and Analysis Intro

00:46 Exponential Regression Breakdown

03:02 Gold's Historical Price Changes

04:05 Gold's Price Now

04:43 Understanding Compound Annual Growth Rate

07:42 203 Prediction

08:06 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

https://porkopolis.io

https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 94

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we take a look at the Federal Reserve balance sheet and determine how fast it grows.

Contents

00:12 Balance Sheet Overview

00:47 Global Financial Crisis and its Effects

02:22 Speed of Growth

03:57 Growth Curve after 2008

05:01 Growth Rate Doubles

05:14 Comparing Regressions

06:11 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

https://porkopolis.io

https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 93

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review Apple’s market cap versus the value of shares traded using a 40-year graph of the Apple market cap.

Contents

00:17 Graph Overview

01:52 Evaluation Notes and What Isn't Going to be Covered

02:37 Value of Shares Traded

04:07 Market Cap

06:50 All Time Average

08:43 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

https://porkopolis.io

https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 92

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Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Today, we review NATO military expenditure, break down key member nations, and break down the 2% guideline.

Contents

00:11 Table Overview

01:42 Quick 30-Member Nation Breakdown

04:46 The 2% Guideline

05:40 Measuring Military Strength and How We Do It

07:41 Expenditure Breakdown and Who Is Following the 2% Guideline

10:10 GDP Overview

12:24 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 91

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Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

Here we review how to calculate TTM (trailing-12 month!) returns for the S&P 500 over the last 220+ years, how these returns actually look graphically, and what the all-time averages say you "should" be getting from your portfolio.

Contents

00:17 Index Overview

01:18 Rolling Trailing Twelve Month Returns

04:23 All Time Average Line

07:43 S&P By The Numbers

09:59 Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

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Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 90

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Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

The video is a continuation of a pervious video. Matthew reviews another trend-line from the S&P500 index. Also explained are the volatility over the years, highs and lows in significant years and the all time trend.

Contents

00:19 Index Overview

00:59 All-Time Trend

02:40 From 1971

03:15 Compound Annual Growth Rate

05:37 2-sigma moves

07:56 Where We Are Now & Closing Thoughts

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

https://porkopolis.io

https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Porkopolis Economics: Episode 89

Check out show sponsor Coinkite: https://coinkite.com/

Donations to Porkopolis Economics via BTCPay are appreciated: https://donations.porkopolis.io/

Porkopolis Economics covers macroeconomics, money, and sports from the creator of the Crypto Voices podcast, Matthew Mezinskis.

This video discusses the S&P500 over the last 220 years. Also explained are the volatility over the years, highs and lows in significant decades and the all time trend. The important thing to look at when it comes to long-term returns is compound annual growth, it's a vital statistic to understand.

Contents

00:00 Chart Breakdown and Brief S&P 500 History

00:34 S&P Total Return Index

09:21 Exponential Regression

13:22 Compound Annual Growth Rate

Host: Matthew Mezinskis

https://porkopolis.io

https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

Show content is not investment or financial advice in any way.

Crypto Voices: Episode 162

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Alec Harris's havenX: https://thehavenx.com/

Matthew, Alec & Michel talk with Pete Winn, Bitcoin educator extraordinaire. Pete worked formerly at Fedi, the company, as well as contributing to the open source Fedimint, and he is the founder of the educational portal "Bitcoin for Humans." We discuss the amazing benefits at a scale that Fedimints can bring to Bitcoin, as well as some of its criticisms and risks.

Contents

00:00:00 Intro

00:04:21 What is Fedimint?

00:13:13 Regulators & Fedimint

00:21:00 Regulating Bitcoin

00:22:09 Protection over Fedimint

00:27:43 Criticism over Fedimint

00:36:13 Lighting Network

00:41:17 Bitcoin for Humans

00:45:30 Scaling and Fedimint

00:49:10 Bitcoin's Fees

00:52:28 Alec's Philosophical Question

00:59:11 Fedimint's Stability Pool

01:06:48 UTXO and the Future

01:09:09 Fedimint and Payment

01:14:43 Closing Thoughts

Links for more info: https://bitcoinforhumans.com/

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Hosts: Matthew Mezinskis, Michel, Alec Harris

Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/

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