Capital Markets are the traditional way to transfer the ownership of assets. Assets produce goods and services that asset owners sell. Capital is the value of an asset and is the cost to purchase or build it. …
If a tomato market operated the same way as a Capital Market, trading between sellers would generate new tomatoes. This article shows how to trade Capital without creating more Capital.
Today most Capital is traded in Capital Markets that operate like Free Markets in goods and services. Giving money the…
There are many more buyers than sellers for most economic activities, yet few Buyer Capital investment opportunities.
In most markets, buyers look for the cheapest products that satisfy their needs, while sellers sell products for whatever the market will bear. …
Housing has become unaffordable because the price of housing has increased without the value of the house increasing. The price has increased because people treat the house they live in as an asset that generates income. Unfortunately, when you live in a house, it does not generate revenue.
It means…
The free market is an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control. It is a summary description of all voluntary exchanges that take place in a given economic environment. Free markets are characterized by a spontaneous and decentralized order of arrangements through which individuals…
Community infrastructure produces output that members of a community need or want. Today there are two primary sources of money to fund infrastructure — private corporations and governments. Private corporations raise money by promising investors a return on investment with a share of profits. …
Equal investing means every dollar of every investor has an equal value when invested in a business. Investing today is far from this ideal. The value of an investment depends on who invests when they invest and how much they invest. …
Housing democracy means every citizen has equal access to funds to own the house in which they can afford to live. Today’s monetised housing market fails this simple test. …
The levelised cost of energy (LCOE) is a measure of energy cost used to help decide energy projects.
Assume equal costs and an equal amount of output each year. The Levelised Cost of Energy approximates to:
LCOE = Total Cost divided by the total output.
Total Cost = Capital Cost…
