Tools to Enlighten
[NEWS ANALYSIS, OPINION & TUNES] [Welcome to another edition of TNnT which is short for “Tick’s Notes & Tunes”, where we usually start with “Notes” of interest on various, usually important, topics which are followed by “Tunes” which is the transcript of a fictional short wave radio transmission from where and when we do Read More …
[OPINION and ANALYSIS] According to “FRED” , the acronym for Federal Reserve Economic Data, the Federal Reserve Bank’s on-line data source, and keeper of important economic statistics, the amount of total federal debt as a percentage of GDP (gross domestic product) of the United States has actually decreased since the last year of Donald Trump’s Read More …
Below is the video we did three years ago on the Federal Reserve (the Fed), interest rates and Gross Domestic Product. Although economic circumstances were much different back then than they are today, the basic economic discussion is still legitimate and relevant. The video is also highly relevant to any discussion of the causes of Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] Does the American public truly believe in democracy? What price is it willing to pay? What is the average American willing to sacrifice to preserve our Constitutional principles of three co-equal branches of representative government and the fundamental Freedoms found in the Bill of Rights? Due Process, Equal Protection, Free Speech, and Read More …
[ANALYSIS/OPINION] Contrary to popular belief the President of the United States is not, under our Constitution, a dictator—or at least he is not supposed to be. In fact, there two other branches of government, namely, Congress and the Supreme Court. We’ll put aside the Supreme Court because they have no direct effect on inflation. Read More …
the Federal Reserve Bank’s federal funds interest rate policy. Velocity, the money multiplier, the all important interest rate on excess reserves and the ON RRP are all discussed Read More …
AUGUST 18, 2019 We have wanted to supplement our Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy (the Fed Interest Rates and GDP) videos for quite some time. Unfortunately, we’ve been pressed to handle other matters. Below Is generally where we are headed with that video. We are hastening to do this because Read More …
Here’s a video that directly addresses how the Federal Reserve Board sets interest rates in an attempt to bolster employment, stave off excessive inflation and stabilize long term interest rates. David Dixon Lentz discusses the inter-relationship between fiscal and monetary policy and how they affect Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Of course, no discussion is complete Read More …
[Opinion/Analysis. ] Here’s a video containing a short discussion about the stock market, interest rates and Bitcoin as of Martin Luther King day in January 2018. As always we believe in a long term diversified approach to investing. Trying to time the market or pick individual stocks is probably not the best idea if Read More …
What determines the values of treasuries, munis and corporates; how to calculate bond values, yield to maturity and yield to call?