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Economic Tips for Everyone

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Get tips to stay ahead of the economy in good times and in downturns, including how to assess reports, interpret data, and identify financial market and policy implications.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • The economy around you
1. Basic Concepts
  • Academic versus business economics
  • Economics and the 80/20 rule
  • The only calculus concept you ever need
  • Forecast models
  • Variables and forecast models
  • Correlation is not causation
  • Economics data frequency
  • Markets are interrelated
2. Common Data Issues
  • The economic importance of consistency with currency data
  • Percentages and levels in economic data
  • Adjusted data
  • SAAR
  • Time and collection differences in economic data
  • Creating good economic data
  • Being too certain in your forecasts
  • Choosing the right data analysis program
3. Economic Data and Reports
  • Economic reports
  • Benefits and problems with government data
  • Secret sources for economic data info
4. Markets
  • Commodities are bought and not sold
  • Legal and illegal insider trading
  • Technical trading
5. The Dollar and Monetary Policy
  • Currency markets and values
  • Reserve currencies
  • Why dollars?
  • What is seigniorage?
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Quantiative easing
  • Devaluing currency
  • Central bank policy and economics strategy
  • Government debt
  • Debt to GDP
  • LIBOR and SOFR
6. The Importance of Housing on Economics
  • The importance of housing for the economy
  • Delinquencies and foreclosures
  • What is a housing crisis?
  • How to respond to a housing crisis
  • Opportunities in a housing crisis
  • After the housing crisis
Conclusion
  • Takeaways and more resources

Taught by

Jason Schenker

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