Fat Joe released a new song, “I Got You,” just before Thanksgiving 2024. He teamed up with R&B singer Babyface for this track, in which he talks about treating someone special to a luxurious lifestyle. This follows Fat Joe’s busy year of music releases. In the summer, he released a club song with Remy Ma…
Xzibit is making a robust comeback in the music world. His new song “Everywhere I Go” shows he means business. This song will be on his latest album, “Kingmaker,” in early 2025. The album marks a fresh start for Xzibit as he joins UFC star Conor McGregor’s new record label, Greenback Records. The label only…
Roland’s lineup of synthesizers for 2024 is extensive and might seem a bit overwhelming. With options like the Aira and Boutique series, along with Fantoms, Junos, Jupiters, and JDs, this iconic instrument maker offers many hardware keyboards and modules. Many of these models share similar sounds and features, which can add to the confusion. The…
BRICS is a group of five major emerging countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. These countries are all at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development. They are known for their large, fast-growing economies and significant influence on regional affairs. BRICS also refers to the informal yearly summit between these nations….
The Bretton Woods System was a way countries agreed to handle their money between 1944 and 1971. It stated that the value of each country’s money should stay the same. The US dollar was used to decide this value. Why was it created? In July 1944, near the end of World War II, leaders from…
The Bretton Woods Conference took place in 1944. A group of important people from 44 countries met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in the United States, to discuss the world’s big money problems. Things were pretty messed up after World War II. Goals of the Conference The main point of this meeting was to figure…
The whole point is to transition the new stock from a controlled sale to openly trading on the market. Breaking the syndicate is a crucial step in that process. Lock-Up Period for Early Investors Early investors and company insiders often have to hold their shares for a lock-up period, usually 90-180 days. This includes people…
A box spread is a special kind of options trading strategy. Options are a type of financial product that give you the right to buy or sell something, called the underlying asset, at a specific price by a certain date. How Box Spreads Work When you do a box spread, you create a position that…
Bounded rationality is an idea from behavioral economics and finance. It says that people and companies cannot always make the best decisions because: Satisficing instead of optimizing When people have bounded rationality, they try to make decisions that are “good enough” or satisfactory. This is called satisficing. They do not try to make the absolute…
A bought deal is a special way companies can raise money. They sell stocks or bonds all at once to banks or big investors. These banks and investors buy everything the company wants to sell. The company knows exactly how much money it will get. How Does It Work? In a bought deal, the company…
