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Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's Investonomics Topic Tuesday episode covers the huge news that payment giant Visa unveiled earlier this week. Their agenda involves carrying their auto-payment mechanisms and networks into the crypto space through the use of Ethereum's blockchain network using smart contracts within user accounts. Listen now to get the full rundown -...

Hey everyone welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance. This week's topic is a big one - SBF's arrest! The United States has finally pegged official charges on the CEO of the infamous crypto exchange FTX, one that collapsed and left millions with unbelievable losses. Check out this episode, it's short and sweet but covers just how (and why) SBF has been arrested and some of its implicati...

Hey listeners and welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode revolves around a concept that is paramount in the crypto space - transparency. After the collapse of more than four large exchanges in the space, it is time to dive deep to understand what transparency really means and how it can be properly utilized by exchanges. Check out this week's episode to learn all abou...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's topic is in regards to budgeting. An often-overlooked financial tool, budgeting is something that can benefit anybody at any stage of their life by making them more financially aware and responsible. It is something that does not have to be complicated and can simply include a few categories or simply read your bank statements every...

Welcome back! Pricing options using pricing models in finance is a very complex and niche skill. It requires many inputs and careful assumptions in order to be valid. Nonetheless, options pricing can allow any investor to develop an edge by knowing the theoretical true and fair value of any option contract so that we know when it is over or undervalued relative to the spot market. We cover five di...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's Topic Tuesday episode dives into the housing markets. Why is it so overpriced, what happens when high prices meet high interest rates, what it means for your mortgage, what to do about it, and how institutional firms are playing a role... learn it all in this week's short and sweet episode! Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! In this week's lecture, we focus our attention on a very powerful passive income strategy that is guaranteed to boost your portfolio in times like these. Utilizing the writing of options on 100 share lots of stock allows investors to buy in at great prices and profit from both premiums from the short options as well as the appreciation of the st...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week is a very interesting topic, we take a look at how Russia is being forced into a technical default through its inability to pay interest on foreign currency bonds! But the interesting part...they are fully willing and able to pay the coupons, it is just not permitted with the extent of sanctions on Russian financial institutions. Liste...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This is our first segment of our options series. We cover cash-secured puts in this week's lecture. They are an excellent way to purchase a stock or index for which you desire a lower buy-in price but also want a lower cost-basis overall. This strategy is for those looking for such a tool. Cash-secured put utilize writing options to collect an u...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode looks at the Biden administration's carbon tax holiday that was proposed and will be discussed in Biden's meeting with congress tomorrow. The plan would effectively cut out the federal carbon tax of 18.4 cents per gallon but would hinder road and highway projects as a result. Listen now to learn how this affects American gaso...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's video wraps up our series on business valuation. We end with the concept of cost-based valuation, the last of the three types (with the other two being Market-Based and Income-Based valuation). Cost-based valuation is the least used of the three types but offers important insights for intangible assets that the other two do not incor...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! Bonds are one of the worst investments right now, and it's simply because they cannot keep up with current inflationary pressures. Although they offer a 'risk-free' investment for those nearing retirement, it is time to reconsider this and indulge in creating a well-diversified portfolio of stocks, crypto, real estate, and commodities to battle...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's lecture touches on the second of three methods for valuing businesses. Market-based valuation utilizes comparisons of similar companies to attribute a value to the business at hand and does not utilize cashflows as income-based valuation requires. This makes it somewhat easier to utilize, given there are companies similar to the one...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode focuses on trading psychology and cites some wonderful sources to utilize to learn more. Fear and greed take over in high-stakes trading moments when we know our money is on the line. What can we do to minimize our involvement in terms of emotions and be as robotic as possible to maximize trading profits? It's all about your...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance and our 23rd ITT episode! This week we continue with the same ideas from last week but turn to look under the hood at what's happening with inflation, unemployment, job markets, the economy, and asset markets overall as we near a mild recession. What lengths will the Fed go to in order to battle inflation? Listen now to find out. Until Sunday...J...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we are running through a full DCF valuation step-by-step to really drive the ideas associated with income-based valuation home. This video is a bit more visual (especially the Excel tutorial) so make sure to check it out on YouTube @Investonomics. After listening, you should be able to use the Excel sheet linked in our YouTube descript...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode gets real with you and we discuss the realities of investing in bear markets. Emotions often get the best of us but we need to stay logical and look at it as if we are shopping on Black Friday! Listen to this off-script and real-talk podcast explaining the importance of not halting contributions to your portfolio during a bea...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's episode covers another income-based valuation approach that is central to the valuation of any business, project, or investment. Capitalization of Earnings and DCF valuation make up income-based valuation and both value a business based on metrics related to a company's income. Although they are similar, there are important differenc...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week's ITT episode continues with our discussion on UST's collapse and more specifically the regulatory implications this will have on stablecoins this year. Listen now to learn all about how far and wide this collapse rippled, and until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we are taking a look at the collapse of well-known stablecoin UST and its sister coin Luna, both of which took part in the largest and most intense downfall in crypto's history. The Terra ecosystem as it's called has lost investors over $15 billion in the past few weeks, bringing unwanted memories back from the 2008 financial crisis. T...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we take a look at a company that is not faring well in an environment where interest rate hikes are common and inflation is taking over. Upstart has lost over 90% of its share value since October, listen now to find out why! Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we are discussing the Canadian economy and discuss rising interest rates, what this means for inflated real estate, and how Canadian banks will fare if a recession ensues. Sit back, relax and enjoy this short and sweet episode that will give you a brief oversight of what is happening in Canada. Until Sunday...Jay

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we dive into valuation modeling and take a look at Discounted Cashflow models or DCFs. Commonly used in Investment Banking, this valuation method is useful for valuing companies, investments, and capital projects. It poses some questions as to its reliability since it requires an accurate forecast of future cash flows. Listen now to le...

Welcome back to the Crux of Investing & Finance! This week we discuss the horrible earnings report Netflix had that caused its stock price to plunge nearly 40% in one week. What caused this, what is the company doing to reverse it, and will it survive in the competitive space of online streaming? Listen now to find out. Until Sunday...Jay