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Matthew Levy

Matthew Levy

Matthew Levy is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation holder, a former portfolio manager for $600+ MM in assets, and started his own business writing financial analysis for clients worldwide

What is a Bid Price?

What is a Bid Price?
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A bid or bid price is the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an asset.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is an Ask Price?

What is an Ask Price?
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An ask, or ask price, is the lowest price that a seller is willing to receive for an asset.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is a Portfolio?

What is a Portfolio?
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An investment portfolio represents all of the may consist of financial investments, including stocks, bonds, real estate, mutual funds, and other securities.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is a Buy Limit Order?

What is a Buy Limit Order?
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A buy limit order is an order to buy a stock at or below a specified price.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is a Stablecoin?

What is a Stablecoin?
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Stablecoins attempt to bridge the gap between fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies and are inherently built to withstand volatility.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is CeFi?

What is CeFi?
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CeFi stands for centralized finance, which incorporates certain features of the traditional financial system into the DeFi ecosystem.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Short Selling?

What is Short Selling?
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Short selling occurs when an investor borrows a security and sells it on the open market, planning to buy it back later for less money.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is Liquidity?

What is Liquidity?
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Liquidity indicates how easily an asset can be readily converted into cash with little impact to its market price.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is a Market Economy?

What is a Market Economy?
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A market economy is a system wherein demand and supply govern the prices and production of goods.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is Yield Farming?

What is Yield Farming?
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Yield farming is the practice of staking or lending crypto assets in return for additional interest and fees.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is a Ledger?

What is a Ledger?
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A ledger is a record of all the transactions that a company keeps to create its financial statements, namely income statement and balance sheet.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is Bitcoin (BTC)?

What is Bitcoin (BTC)?
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Bitcoin is a decentralized digital cryptocurrency that isn’t controlled by a central bank or government.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Cardano?

What is Cardano?
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Cardano is a proof of stake platform that uses blockchain to run smart contracts.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Bitcoin Halving?

What is Bitcoin Halving?
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Bitcoin halving is the process of cutting the rewards of mining Bitcoin in half.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Scarcity?

What is Scarcity?
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Scarcity refers to the shortage of a resource brought about by higher demand or other structural changes in the economy.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics
What is Blockchain?

What is Blockchain?
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Blockchain is the technology that supports cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Dogecoin?

What is Dogecoin?
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Dogecoin is one of the most popular meme coins with Shiba Inu – a Japanese dog breed – as its logo.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Cryptocurrency?

What is Cryptocurrency?
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Cryptocurrency (or “crypto”) refers to digital currencies in which transactions are safeguarded by cryptography.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
crypto-basics
What is Inflation?

What is Inflation?
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Inflation is defined as an increase in the price of goods and services over time.

Matthew Levy
Matthew Levy
investing-basics