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Short post. In my post on having " No Recession ", I mention that "Money is a flowing concept". However, there is an article lately on the drop in NFT Volume  in Mar 22 when compared against Jan 22. There were further information from TheBlockCrypto on the drop in NFT transactions and volume as shown in the graphs below. Graph taken from TheBlockCrypto Website So, since NFT transactions have decreased, does this imply that demand for alternative assets will decrease as well, potentially leading to a crash? Is it possible that a prospective recession is on the list if that's the case? In addition, where has the money gone? I will try to provide my opinions on the questions. 1. Will there be a crash in NFT? I don't think I'll be able to make any predictions in the near future. However, if one believes in the NFT's functionality, there is a good probability that prices will rebound in the future. 2. Will there be a Recession? I stand by what I said in ...

Have you experienced it yet? I'm not referring to reading them in articles. But the sense of it in your pocket and the realization that "I thought I had already made a cash withdrawal this week? Why has it all vanished so quickly? "kind of thought. For me, as a sole breadwinner by choice , I do felt it.  Inflation appears to be spreading throughout the country; even local hawkers have hiked their rates. Fun Toast has also increased the price of their takeaway coffee/tea to S$2.10 That is why I have been thinking about doing much more (If you know me, you will have knew that I am already doing a lot, for hobby and for the tiny bit more cash),  in order to increase my overall earnings every month.  To be clear, I am not having any difficulties. Rather, my motivation for earning more is to ensure that I can maintain my current standard of living. Changing jobs is the most straightforward choice. However, there are many more elements at play than simply having the desire to s...

In my last article , I had discussed the general outlook of the AdTech sector and deemed it as a booming industry. For this article, I will looked at the financials, ratios and margins of 12 selected AdTech firms.  I will divide it into three sections: revenue, earnings, and free cash flow, and compare their growth rates, ratios, and margins.  Do note the following: All Information are taken from SeekingAlpha and Roic.oi Website. These are the tickers of the AdTech firms listed - GOOG, FB, ROKU, TTD, APP, APPS, MGNI, PERI, PUBM, EVC, TRMR and ATY. Share price of the counters was based on prices as of 29 March 2022. "Pegged" meant that the past results are calculated based on per share basis using the latest outstanding share count. Only GOOG, FB and EVC are not pegged because their outstanding share count has decreased over 3 years. APPS and EVC has another row based on "Adjusted Revenue" . This is because there has been discussion that these 2 companies' reven...