How I see the world in 2022
Here is a short summary of everything I have learned over the past 2 years from experience, reading books, and researching.
A little background about me, I have been interested in the global markets and investing for about 13 years now. I started reading the Motley fool in high school and continued learning about macroeconomics and the stock market ever since.
Before the start of the pandemic, I was able to spot and capitalize on the world events caused by the virus.
Soon after the pandemic was declared and having made some good investments I fell into the trap of emotions and made some bad investment decisions. This caused me to dig down further and understand what I did wrong.
My mistakes were caused by weak understanding of interest rates, QE (Quantitative Tightening), and how governments respond during major crises.
What I learned (how governments function)
There are two levers that the government pulls. One is to raise interest rates and take money out the system and the other is to lower interest rates and inject money into the system.
Essentially, making money more or less available to everyday citizens through interest rates and…
