- Barter system, you give me a cow and I give you 100 kgs of rice (2/n)
๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ ๐งต
I still everyday meet investors who think Bitcoin & Blockchain are the same & this thread is specifically for them
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#Investing #Cryptos #Bitcoin (1/n)
- Barter system, you give me a cow and I give you 100 kgs of rice (2/n)
- It was difficult to transact in fractions
- What if I want only 50 kgs of rice? I cant give you half a cow right?
- This is the prime reason for the introduction of smaller units of payment method we now call as coins (3/n)
- It was malleable & portable
- It was non corrosive, could be stored for a long time
- It was a perfect combination of abundance & rare
- Plus it was eye catching & visually appealing (4/n)
a) When paper currencies were introduced, it was decided that a country could only print as much currency as the gold reserves they have but this was withdrawn in 1971 bcoz of which the central banks could then print as much money as they wanted
(c) To solve the above problem, Bitcoin was invented. (6/n)
(a) It claims to be a Store of value (like Gold is) & a payment method (Like $ is) (7/n)
(a) Assume split wise. Friends go out, sometimes someone pays and sometime someone else. At the end of the year, there is a ledger mentioning how much does who owes whom. (9/n)
(c) Currently, banks do this verification when you transact through the bank. Banks maintain transaction record of credits & debits (10/n)
(e) But what can you do to decentralize? No banks, no NSE/BSE/CDSL/NSDL? To verify the transactions, you use computational work (replacing intermediaries (Banks) with computational work), let me explain (11/n)
(a) There are multiple computers also called as miners or NODEs are connected to each other on open source software (12/n)
(a) It is called Bitcoin Halving
(b) It reduces the bitcoin reward for the miners by half every time 2,10,000 blocks are verified (18/n)
(d) This is the bitcoin reward 4 solving the block & no new bitcoins after 2,10,00,000 bitcoin are released
(a) Altcoins - Anything other than a Bitcoin is called the Altcoin. Example โ Ethereum, Cardano, Polkadot (20/n)
(c) Meme-Coins - Made for fun, have no logic. Example โ Doge, Shiba (21/n)
(a) Blockchain is a brilliant technology & has multiple use cases in various industries
(b) But on Bitcoin, I am not sure if it will be able to replace paper currencies as a medium of transaction or gold as a store of value. (22/n)
(d) Altcoins with use cases like De-fi will evolve over time & we will talk about it in the next thread. Will also talk about the fancy around NFT's & Metaverse going forward (23/24)
@KirtanShahCFP
Have earlier written on,
-Sector Analysis
-Macro
-Debt Markets
-Equity
-Gold
-Personal Finance etc. You can find them all in the link below https://t.co/UrRt87xIJFโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆ (END)
Here\u2019s a compilation of Personal Finance threads I have written so far. Thank you for motivating me to do it.
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) December 13, 2020
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Last Akshay Tritiya, had written the below thread ๐งต on which is the best way to buy gold, Physical, Digital, ETF or Sovereign Gold Bond and why?
Do re-tweet and help us educate more retail investors
#investing
Do re-tweet and help us educate more retail investors
#investing
What better day to discuss Gold, isn\u2019t it?
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) November 13, 2020
Topic - Physical Gold v/s Digital Gold v/s Gold ETF v/s Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB)
(Thread) \u2013 DO RE-TWEET FOR A LARGER REACH :)
(1/n)
Should you add more in Equity or redeem right now?
A thread ๐งตto guide retail on why & what should they do at these historic market highs.
Do โre-tweetโ and help us educate more retail investors (1/n)
#investing #StockMarket
Some investors feel that markets are trading at a PE of 27 vs 10 years historical average of 20 and a market-cap to GDP of 105 vs historical average of 79 and hence markets look expensive (2/n)
But, in such crazy liquidity driven markets, prices can move much ahead of the fundamentals & suddenly we start hearing commentaries of how the market is pricing in the earnings of FY 22 & 23 to justify the rally
If you r new to fundamentals, ๐ can help
Results for Q4 have come out very well but that is also because of the lower base effect of the last year.
Over the last many years, markets have corrected 10-15% each calendar year. Can it happen this year as well? Can very much and that can be a great entry point. Why? (4/n)
There are a lot of over hangs in the near term,
-Crude going up
-$ index moving up
-Inflation moving up
-COVID uncertainties
All of the above are โve for markets & liquidity on the other side driving markets up, its impossible to judge the near term movement of the markets (5/n)
A thread ๐งตto guide retail on why & what should they do at these historic market highs.
Do โre-tweetโ and help us educate more retail investors (1/n)
#investing #StockMarket
Some investors feel that markets are trading at a PE of 27 vs 10 years historical average of 20 and a market-cap to GDP of 105 vs historical average of 79 and hence markets look expensive (2/n)
But, in such crazy liquidity driven markets, prices can move much ahead of the fundamentals & suddenly we start hearing commentaries of how the market is pricing in the earnings of FY 22 & 23 to justify the rally
If you r new to fundamentals, ๐ can help
Market PE at 40 and yet the market is not falling, why? Getting asked this question multiple times. Here's a thread covering \u2018very basic\u2019 premier on valuation for my retail investor friends.
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) January 14, 2021
Do hit the \u2018re-tweet\u2019 and help us educate more investors (1/n) pic.twitter.com/8oCkBmmOXY
Results for Q4 have come out very well but that is also because of the lower base effect of the last year.
Over the last many years, markets have corrected 10-15% each calendar year. Can it happen this year as well? Can very much and that can be a great entry point. Why? (4/n)
There are a lot of over hangs in the near term,
-Crude going up
-$ index moving up
-Inflation moving up
-COVID uncertainties
All of the above are โve for markets & liquidity on the other side driving markets up, its impossible to judge the near term movement of the markets (5/n)
Personal Finance 101 โ My learningโs about investing
This topic is for everyone, whether you manage your money yourself or through your advisor, it will go a long way in managing your finances.
Do re-tweet & help us educate retail investors (1/n)
Subscribe to our YouTube for some interesting educational content around Personal Finance - https://t.co/jvgNEDWiAZ
And you can also join our Telegram channel for regular updates โ https://t.co/Ekz6I8pDGt (2/n)
(1) Lets start with Life Insurance
Term Insurance is the best way to take an insurance cover & probably the only product to buy in life insurance. Make sure u disclose all the necessary information before taking the insurance. Smoking, Alcohol, any pre-existing deceases etc(3/n)
Have atleast 10-15 times of your annual income as insurance cover
But there are variants of term insurance that you should avoid (4/n)
(A) Term plan with return of premium
For a non-smoker born on the 1st Jan 1985 & policy term 39 years (till age 75), the regular premium for a 1-cr term insurance is 22,157 (inclusive of GST) but with returns of premium is 42670 (inclusive of GST). An increase of 20,513 (5/n)
This topic is for everyone, whether you manage your money yourself or through your advisor, it will go a long way in managing your finances.
Do re-tweet & help us educate retail investors (1/n)
Subscribe to our YouTube for some interesting educational content around Personal Finance - https://t.co/jvgNEDWiAZ
And you can also join our Telegram channel for regular updates โ https://t.co/Ekz6I8pDGt (2/n)
(1) Lets start with Life Insurance
Term Insurance is the best way to take an insurance cover & probably the only product to buy in life insurance. Make sure u disclose all the necessary information before taking the insurance. Smoking, Alcohol, any pre-existing deceases etc(3/n)
Have atleast 10-15 times of your annual income as insurance cover
But there are variants of term insurance that you should avoid (4/n)
(A) Term plan with return of premium
For a non-smoker born on the 1st Jan 1985 & policy term 39 years (till age 75), the regular premium for a 1-cr term insurance is 22,157 (inclusive of GST) but with returns of premium is 42670 (inclusive of GST). An increase of 20,513 (5/n)
Hereโs a compilation of Personal Finance threads I have written so far. Thank you for motivating me to do it.
Hit the 're-tweet' and help us educated more investors
Yes Bankโs additional Tier 1 bonds, written off. Lakshmi Villas Banks Tier 2 bonds, written off. Understand what & why of ATI and Tier 2 bonds in this thread.
https://t.co/VBmV2dwpPn (1/n)
'Floating Rate Funds' - A case for debt investing in the current interest rate situation
Fixed Income investment strategies
Itโs a misconception that FD, RBI Bond, PPF etc have no risk. The reason we donโt see the risk in them is because for us, risk ONLY means loss of capital.
Index Funds v/s ETFs
While index funds and ETFโs look similar, there are multiple differences you need to keep in mind before investing in either of them. Let me highlight the important ones
Hit the 're-tweet' and help us educated more investors
Yes Bankโs additional Tier 1 bonds, written off. Lakshmi Villas Banks Tier 2 bonds, written off. Understand what & why of ATI and Tier 2 bonds in this thread.
https://t.co/VBmV2dwpPn (1/n)
Yes Bank\u2019s additional Tier 1 bonds, written off. Lakshmi Villas Banks Tier 2 bonds, written off. Understand what & why of ATI and Tier 2 bonds in this thread.
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) December 4, 2020
Do \u2018re-tweet\u2019 and help us benefit more investors (1/n)
'Floating Rate Funds' - A case for debt investing in the current interest rate situation
'Floating Rate Funds' - A case for debt investing in the current interest rate situation (A Thread)
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) November 27, 2020
You should not miss this if you invest in Debt.
Do \u2018re-tweet\u2019 & help us benefit more investors (1/n)
Fixed Income investment strategies
Itโs a misconception that FD, RBI Bond, PPF etc have no risk. The reason we donโt see the risk in them is because for us, risk ONLY means loss of capital.
Fixed Income investment strategies (Thread)
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) November 20, 2020
Do 're-tweet' & help us reach & benefit investors
It\u2019s a misconception that FD, RBI Bond, PPF etc have no risk. The reason we don\u2019t see the risk in them is because for us, risk ONLY means loss of capital. (1/n)
Index Funds v/s ETFs
While index funds and ETFโs look similar, there are multiple differences you need to keep in mind before investing in either of them. Let me highlight the important ones
Index Funds v/s ETFs
— Kirtan A Shah (@KirtanShahCFP) November 17, 2020
Do 're-tweet' so that we can reach a larger audience :)
(Thread)
(1) While index funds and ETF\u2019s look similar, there are multiple differences you need to keep in mind before investing in either of them. Let me highlight the important ones (1/n)
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1/THREAD: WHEN WAS IT CLEAR?
Oct. 8, 2020: The purpose of this thread is to document and timestamp when it first became clear that #Bitcoin was likely to become a major reserve asset for public corporations, and eventually states, with Square's purchase of $50M in BTC.
The purpose is to give something to cite when ppl later claim "But there was NO WAY OF KNOWING..."
h/t @ErikSTownsend who used the same format to call out the impact of Covid on Feb 8 and made me personally aware of the looming shutdown of the country https://t.co/opuiNgSeqC !
Bitcoiners smarter than me have been predicting the takeover of the dollar by Bitcoin for many years.
In 2014 with Bitcoin barely at $1B, @pierre_rochard wrote https://t.co/EGHa58KqHq, covering all the incorrect narratives of Bitcoin and stating it will overtake the dollar.
"[skeptics] misunderstand how strong currencies like bitcoin overtake weak currencies like the dollar: it is through speculative attacks and currency crises caused by investors, not through the careful evaluation of tech journalists and 'mainstream consumers'" - @pierre_rochard
I first became bullish on Bitcoin in the summer of 2016, around a $3B market cap, but it was still a toy project at that time in the eyes of most in the financial world, while many technologists thought of it as a v1 technology to be improved on.
Oct. 8, 2020: The purpose of this thread is to document and timestamp when it first became clear that #Bitcoin was likely to become a major reserve asset for public corporations, and eventually states, with Square's purchase of $50M in BTC.
The purpose is to give something to cite when ppl later claim "But there was NO WAY OF KNOWING..."
h/t @ErikSTownsend who used the same format to call out the impact of Covid on Feb 8 and made me personally aware of the looming shutdown of the country https://t.co/opuiNgSeqC !
1/THREAD: WHEN WAS IT CLEAR?
— Erik Townsend \U0001f6e2\ufe0f (@ErikSTownsend) February 8, 2020
Feb. 8, 2020: The purpose of this thread is to document and timestamp when it first became clear that nCov was likely to lead to a global pandemic.
The purpose is to give something to cite when ppl later claim "But there was NO WAY OF KNOWING..."
Bitcoiners smarter than me have been predicting the takeover of the dollar by Bitcoin for many years.
In 2014 with Bitcoin barely at $1B, @pierre_rochard wrote https://t.co/EGHa58KqHq, covering all the incorrect narratives of Bitcoin and stating it will overtake the dollar.
"[skeptics] misunderstand how strong currencies like bitcoin overtake weak currencies like the dollar: it is through speculative attacks and currency crises caused by investors, not through the careful evaluation of tech journalists and 'mainstream consumers'" - @pierre_rochard
I first became bullish on Bitcoin in the summer of 2016, around a $3B market cap, but it was still a toy project at that time in the eyes of most in the financial world, while many technologists thought of it as a v1 technology to be improved on.
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We know that elite institutions like the one Flier was in (partial) charge of rely on irrelevant status markers like private school education, whiteness, legacy, and ability to charm an old white guy at an interview.
Harvard's discriminatory policies are becoming increasingly well known, across the political spectrum (see, e.g., the recent lawsuit on discrimination against East Asian applications.)
It's refreshing to hear a senior administrator admits to personally opposing policies that attempt to remedy these basic flaws. These are flaws that harm his institution's ability to do cutting-edge research and to serve the public.
Harvard is being eclipsed by institutions that have different ideas about how to run a 21st Century institution. Stanford, for one; the UC system; the "public Ivys".
As a dean of a major academic institution, I could not have said this. But I will now. Requiring such statements in applications for appointments and promotions is an affront to academic freedom, and diminishes the true value of diversity, equity of inclusion by trivializing it. https://t.co/NfcI5VLODi
— Jeffrey Flier (@jflier) November 10, 2018
We know that elite institutions like the one Flier was in (partial) charge of rely on irrelevant status markers like private school education, whiteness, legacy, and ability to charm an old white guy at an interview.
Harvard's discriminatory policies are becoming increasingly well known, across the political spectrum (see, e.g., the recent lawsuit on discrimination against East Asian applications.)
It's refreshing to hear a senior administrator admits to personally opposing policies that attempt to remedy these basic flaws. These are flaws that harm his institution's ability to do cutting-edge research and to serve the public.
Harvard is being eclipsed by institutions that have different ideas about how to run a 21st Century institution. Stanford, for one; the UC system; the "public Ivys".
THREAD PART 1.
On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah๐
He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.
On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."
Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.
On Sunday 21st June, 14 year old Noah Donohoe left his home to meet his friends at Cave Hill Belfast to study for school. #RememberMyNoah๐
He was on his black Apollo mountain bike, fully dressed, wearing a helmet and carrying a backpack containing his laptop and 2 books with his name on them. He also had his mobile phone with him.
On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
"Noah's body was found by specially trained police officers between two drain access points within a section of the tunnel running under the Translink access road," said Mr McCrisken."
Noah's bike was also found near a house, behind a car, in the same area. It had been there for more than 24 hours before a member of public who lived in the street said she read reports of a missing child and checked the bike and phoned the police.