• Currency
• Store of Value
• Commodities
• Economic output
• Protecting yourself.
Economic Siege is under way
(Thread) 👇🏽
• Currency (1)
How do we derive value from currency?
We collectively agree that it is accepted because it is backed by sovereignty.
If I sell lemonade I will accept paper money(ZAR) because I know someone else will accept it from me too.
(Call it blind faith)
• Currency (2)
If I didn't know of someone else who would accept it, then I wouldn’t sell my lemonade in Rand, because where is the value?
If no one was accepting Rand, and I decided to accept (R) for my lemonade, my productivity would effectively be stolen, no?
• Currency (3)
The Financial System works in the same way.
Countries who buy and sell from each other - use $dollar
Hence, the need for a global reserve currency, which acts as a benchmark to derive value.
It too, is being distorted, but that’s a thread for another day
• Store of Value (1)
‘Is usually something that retains purchasing power into the future’.
Example:
• 2011
- Bread cost R6
• 2021
- Bread costs R15
If I held my economic output in Rand, then I would have gotten poorer, because I can buy less now than in the past.
• Store of Value (2)
ZAR is not a store of value. It’s a currency - a tool to allow us to exchange with other’s
It’s why people preach;
“Invest, don’t hold too much cash”
Cash loses value in the long term, and those that store Economic output in it -are robbed.
Cash is ⬇️
• Store of Value (3)
The rich know to pay their workers in currency (Rand) because it’s an exploitative tool that the elite use to keep the status quo.
Our economic production is stolen from us without us even realizing it.
Yes, the system is rotten, I know this.
• Store of Value (4)
Hence, the inception of #bitcoin Whether it can stand the test of time - we’ll see, but it’s speculative at the moment.
There are many ways to store wealth, and it’s not as difficult as you may think.
Let’s look at some viable options. 👇🏽
• Commodities (1)
Look at acquiring commodities that generate the same promissory characteristics as money/currency.
At the end of the day, money and currency are not the same. Currency is promissory, but commodities = wealth.
• Commodities (2)
If you find yourself in a place where the currency is depreciating exponentially, then you look for other assets that have promissory feautures, this is how you grow wealth.
You use currency as a tool to get you to where you want to be.
Some Examples. 👇🏽
• Marijuana
If people put value on:
• Its benefits,
• Medicinal features,
• Recreational purposes
it can be used as a tool to negotiate or even to store wealth. In essence, you would use an alternative value to pay for traditional things.
• Marijuana (2)
Marijuana is not the only commodity that we can derive value from.
• Water
• Land
• Gold
• Electricity
Invest in industries that will retain value, compared to currency that doesn’t.
• SA Economy
Why store of value matters?
South Africa’s GDP growth is declining and its tax base is shrinking, and state dependence is rising = catalyst for a weaker currency and social unrest.
This will affect all South Africans one way or another.
YOY ⬇️ GDP
• SA Economy (2)
Remember, government acts to hold on to power, not for the benefit of the economy.
It’s why Putin, stated himself, and I quote “Africa is a cemetery for Africans. “How could a cemetery be developed?”.
• S.A Economy (3)
Balancing economic stability won’t be an easy task, especially when income dries up, and fiscal and monetary policies don’t support economic advancement.
The inevitable happens, local assets - store of wealth - your wealth- all lose value in real terms.
• SA Economy (4)
It’s easy to just blame GOV, but they are playing in a world of oligarchies who have the power to collapse economies for their own dominance.
Think of a game of Monopoly, you inevitably go bankrupt and lose the game - this is how SA could lose sovereignty.
• SA Economy (5)
In the midst of all the chaos- imperialism seekers will be making their moves to come #fetchyourwealth
Choose store of value wisely, because this is no make belief, friends.
Many people aren’t looking to help you, but simply waiting to benefit from chaos.
• Hard Truths
Financial control is owned by these oligarchies we always seem to hear about in make-believe sci-fi movies.
Government is inept, yes. But capital is controlled by foreign sources. They control the store of value.
The working class are just cogs in the system.
• Final thoughts
We may think we own sovereignty, until the oligarchies come to feed, but at the end of the day, we are soldiers in an economic battlefield. There have always been casualties, this time is no different.
It’s time to stop throwing blame
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Let me explain the difference between RSA Retail Savings Bonds and tradable South African bonds.
𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 🔻
** Glossary **
𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱:
A bond is a debt security. You can think of it as an I-O-U.
You lend money to someone, and then they promise to pay that money back to you + interest.
𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆:
Refers to the date on which the bond issuer (debtor) pays back everything they owe to bondholders ( creditor ).
1/ Introduction
When it comes to bonds there are two markets one can opt to participate in:
🟠 The Primary Market
🟠 The Secondary Market
The primary market is where you 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 but then cannot sell it to someone else because there is no secondary market for it.
𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 and this is what makes them different from tradable government bonds.
𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁,
Tradable government bonds have a secondary market where they can be traded or held to maturity.
This means you can sell it when you want to, but it also means you can potentially lose money if the bond price has fallen lower than your original purchase price.
With tradable government bonds, you are 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸.
*Unsettled funds going into 𝗚𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗔, means funds that entered into the account and had no purpose, they weren’t allocated or spent to anything specific.
*Picture just for visualization purposes to show the 3 Pools ( Waterfall arrangement)
The beer soon became a hit that Charles and his wife, Lisa, decided to set up their brewery in the business centre of the town to capture the influx of fortune seekers coming to Witwatersrand Reef.
The phrase “𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵, 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀”, seems more appropriate here”.
His beer brew took some time to gain traction, it was only when Charles Glass’s new beer, 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗿, was introduced that he won the miners over and secured the market.
It was in 1884 that Castle’s famous label, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱.
Meet the 100-year-old business tycoon who operated under the radar
A true Legend in the Baking 🔻
1/ History
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟭….. ✍🏼
John Frederick Baumann migrates from England to South Africa,
here he starts a grocery and bread bakery in the old British Colony of Natal (KwaZulu Natal)
𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲…..
He manages to convince his nephew, John Michael Leonard Baumann to migrate to South Africa
J. M. L. Baumann arrives in Durban in 1881 and joins his uncle's bakery and grocery business.
𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿……
The lease on their premise expires, and J. M. L. Baumann purchases the bakery operations from his uncle
𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟱 - 𝟭𝟴𝟵𝟱, he (J.M.L) constructs a small building and starts to buy biscuit machinery, to make more “𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚜” such as, ginger nuts and marie biscuits.
𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝟭 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳….
The company starts to falter because of the anti-German riots, which leads to the bakery and shop being burnt to the ground, 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀, there are massive supply disruptions across the country during the Great Depression
𝗛𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿,
a couple of things worked out in their favor.
(I) The factory manages to survive the anti-German riots of 1915, mainly because it was producing biscuits for the army, so the factory was put under government protection to prevent further damage.
(ii) the company's name changes from Baumann's (German) to 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱, thus giving birth to the iconic brand we now know today.
The famous Baker’s mascot makes its first appearance on the packaging in 1923.
2/ The Following Chapter
The Family business is passed down from generation to generation, an epitome, of generational wealth.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻…….
In fact, he was born on a farm in Empangeni, in KwaZulu Natal.