StockTwits University StockTwits U. Welcome to the educational arm of StockTwitsU. This section is devoted to market education and curriculum. Each link below leads to an article or case study on a specific financial topic. Technical Analysisthis section provides an introduction to technical analysis and its fundamentals. Fundamentalsthe fundamentals section is an introduction to investment, trading, and interacting on the StockTwits network. Tradingthe trading section digs deeper into the concept of trading and investing, which includes psychology, strategy, and technical aspects.
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The "real" price of gasoline: Gasoline cost 27 cents a gallon in 1949 compared to around $3.60 today.* How has the relative cost of buying gas changed over the last 63 years? Presented here are two tables computing the annual "real" cost using our seven indicators, one in 2012 dollars, and the other in 1949 dollars. While the two tables show the same trends, they do give a different perspective. Using the 2012 table and the CPI and the GDP deflator, we see that gasoline was quite expensive in 1980 and 1981 and the cheapest in 1998 and 1999. Today, the real price using these two measures is higher than the period at the beginning of the 1980s.
By looking at the share of the Consumer Bundle and GDP per capita, the story is a bit different. The other table tells the story in a different way. When we use the GDP per capita, the cost has fallen faster. Finally, comparing its cost as a share of GDP, we see that in 1949 prices, it is about 6 cents. The New Arthurian Economics. The Uncertainty Of Economics: Exploring The Dismal Science. When speaking or reading about economics, you've probably heard someone drop the phrase the dismal science.
If you did not know what this phrase meant, you may have dismissed it as a clever joke, or, harboring a secret passion for experimental observation and beakers, you may have been too shy to question how on earth any science could be dismal. Looking at what the dismal science is and why it carries such a depressing name, however, may help you better understand why you may face uncertainty and contradictions in your investing endeavors. OriginsThe phrase "dismal science" was coined by Thomas Carlyle in response to Thomas Malthus' beliefs that the exponential population growth would outpace the linear growth of the world's food supply, resulting in a global famine.
Malthus didn't foresee the leaps in science, such as the development of fertilizer, that have allowed the earth to support many more people than was previously imagined. The Bottom LineSo there you have it. Abnormal Returns. Behavioral Economics Reading List - Farnam Street. U.S. Department of the Treasury. Applications to Economics.