Category: Economics Explained
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How Google Makes Money
Aravind Srinivas and Lex Fridman, they explain that Google earns revenue primarily through search advertising on Google AdWords. Google’s search engine, with its high daily traffic, serves as the largest real estate on the internet for advertisers to bid for keywords related to their businesses. When users click on these ads, Google charges the advertisers, with…
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Fed Cuts?
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Dark Pools vs Lit Trading
Dark pools, around since the 90s, are legal and regulated, but trades are kept hidden until after execution. They have grown in popularity, capturing 40% of US market share in 2021, and are used by hedge funds, pension funds, mutual funds, and brokers. Dark pools offer anonymity and potential additional liquidity, but lack of transparency…
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Trade War 2?
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Real Estate Trainwreck?
Chris Whalen’s YouTube video titled “Commercial Real Estate ‘Trainwreck’ Will Hit Banking System In 2024,” the banking expert discusses the challenges facing the banking industry due to commercial real estate loans. Whalen predicts that losses from commercial real estate workouts could impact bank earnings significantly. He compares the current situation to the oil patch crisis in…
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Elite Misunderstandings
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China’s Debt Problem
The debt problem is so severe that it is significantly greater than the 23 trillion total debt held by the country’s national government, and there are concerns that the debt burden could reach 360% of China’s GDP. The debt problem is compounded by deflation, which is causing goods and services to become cheaper in China,…