paddy hirsch

Explaining stuff - everything from economics and financial markets to why human beings do what they do.

What's a Senior Secured Loan?
What's a Senior Secured Loan?
What is a high-yield bond?
What is a high-yield bond?
Poison Pill
Poison Pill
Deflation
Deflation
Activist Investors
Activist Investors
Weekly Numbers 4 17
Weekly Numbers 4 17
Net Neutrality - what all the fuss is about
Net Neutrality - what all the fuss is about
How Herd Immunity works
How Herd Immunity works
Dark Pools - what happens here stays here. They hope.
Dark Pools - what happens here stays here. They hope.
Why the stock market and the economy aren't the same.
Why the stock market and the economy aren't the same.
The difference between a surplus and a deficit
The difference between a surplus and a deficit
Restructuring
Restructuring
Dollar Cost Averaging, explained
Dollar Cost Averaging, explained
Corporate Guidance, explained
Corporate Guidance, explained
How does an index fund work?
How does an index fund work?
The Wealth Effect
The Wealth Effect
What is wealth?
What is wealth?
How to get rich using the magic of compound interest
How to get rich using the magic of compound interest
How borrowing can make you rich
How borrowing can make you rich
The charitable tax deduction
The charitable tax deduction
How Pay Caps work
How Pay Caps work
Defining fiduciary
Defining fiduciary
Initial public offerings, or IPOs, explained
Initial public offerings, or IPOs, explained
Bank capital requirements, explained
Bank capital requirements, explained
Fiat Money, explained
Fiat Money, explained