In this post I will be giving an overview of Living Annuity Platforms and comparing them from a South African perspective. What is a Living Annuity? A living annuity is an investment product that usally takes a single big contribution once as a lumpsum, usually from the proceed of the death of a family member or […]
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Update: December 2021 Note: I wrote this some years back. After learning more and listening to more people it is clear that inflation is not a single number. We want to summarise it as a single number but different things will change in value based on their supply and demand which is in turn influenced […]
Note: Positive money is the organisation that made the "97% owned" documentary and it is important to understand who funded the documentary to get a clear idea about the motives The solutions to the problems raised may already exist…starts with a B… 97% Owned Seigniorage – a form of fund raising for the government by […]
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Summary of Princes of the Yen Movie
The "Princes of the Yen" is a documentary movie created from the book of the same name. The author Richard Werner, a renowned and knowledgable economist unlocks the key decisions, ingredients and consequences of Japan’s post-war economy. This post is a summary of some of the profound points. Princes of Yen After the war was […]
Spolier Alert: Mild spoilers ahead Leading up to the release of the Big Short, a movie based on the book. Many of these movies are based on books in fact and Hollywood has a fascination with these sorts of Movies. It is a sad reality that in the world of exchange rates massive leverage and […]