Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And if you have been living under a rock, here’s a good 99-second summary. Mainstream news sources have already covered the story extensively, so I want to take a different angle and comment on how “the smart money” fell for this scam and what it could mean for careers in finance. I thought about writing an article on the 2022 U.S.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 27, 2021

In this post, I will take a look at these other markets, starting with a way of dividing investments into assets, commodities, currencies and collectibles that I find useful in thinking about what I can (and cannot) do in those markets, and then reviewing how these markets performed during 2020. Currencies : A currency serves three functions.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 18, 2022

Congress and regulators fear NFTs are being used as lures to raise capital without fulfilling any of the legal requirements that promoters of such investment vehicles are required to fulfill. Fungibility means that a good or asset is interchangeable. What is an NFT? For example, one U.S. dollar can be exchanged for another.

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Brian DeChesare

JULY 6, 2022

Toward the end of 2020, my most crypto-bullish friend showed me a “DeFi” service that allegedly paid 10 – 15% yields for investing. I stayed far away from this service, while he presumably put in some money. Real Estate (Owned Property + Investment Funds): 15% [Up 5%]. Crypto (Bitcoin and Ethereum): 2% [Down 14%].

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Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 5, 2022

Crypto (Bitcoin and Ethereum): 16% [Up 1%]. Angel Investments: 4% [Down 1% – recording these at historical cost]. I approach my investing differently from most people because: I don’t aim to match or beat specific indices. But that’s not because they were “boring.”. Cash & Savings: 14% [Down 8%]. Gold: 10% [Down 1%].

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