Finance Class Notes
Class 1:
The barter system: trade
Exchange rate (amount exchange)
Double coincidence of wands (matching up with wants)
Money = medium of exchange
Must be divisible, must be portable, must be durable, recognisable, scarce
Fiat currency -> government issued currency
NOT backed up by gold
Digital money -> credit and debit cards, in-game money as well
Examples: Robux, koins, fishies, ect.
Decentralized -> no centralized authority/there's no one person or group of people that is specifically in charge
Class 2:
Inflation occurs in an economy when there is a total expansion of money
Once new money enters the economy, prices rise
Debasement: mixing the original material with cheaper ones
Hyperinflation: Prices skyrocket and money becomes worthless
Inflation -> secret tax
Stagflation
Inflation is an incentive to invest
Credit Score: your reward for having good credit with a low interest rate
Class 3:
Investing: Gradually build your wealth
Rewarded for taking a risk
Risk and reward is not equal though
Bonds are loans given to the government or a company and they would give you interest
Index evaluates market performance
Bull market and Bear market
Bear: calm, dropping prices
Bull: aggression (when things are doing very well)
A way a cy os valued is by looking at their market cap (price per share x #of shares out standing)
Class 1:
The barter system: trade
Exchange rate (amount exchange)
Double coincidence of wands (matching up with wants)
Money = medium of exchange
Must be divisible, must be portable, must be durable, recognisable, scarce
Fiat currency -> government issued currency
NOT backed up by gold
Digital money -> credit and debit cards, in-game money as well
Examples: Robux, koins, fishies, ect.
Decentralized -> no centralized authority/there's no one person or group of people that is specifically in charge
Class 2:
Inflation occurs in an economy when there is a total expansion of money
Once new money enters the economy, prices rise
Debasement: mixing the original material with cheaper ones
Hyperinflation: Prices skyrocket and money becomes worthless
Inflation -> secret tax
Stagflation
Inflation is an incentive to invest
Credit Score: your reward for having good credit with a low interest rate
Class 3:
Investing: Gradually build your wealth
Rewarded for taking a risk
Risk and reward is not equal though
Bonds are loans given to the government or a company and they would give you interest
Index evaluates market performance
Bull market and Bear market
Bear: calm, dropping prices
Bull: aggression (when things are doing very well)
A way a cy os valued is by looking at their market cap (price per share x #of shares out standing)