Who?

I'm just a normal guy who works in finance, attempting to understand whatever I missed in my college Econ lectures. You? You're in the same boat, or in the tugboat that's trying to catch up to mine. I might be wrong, inaccurate, or just outright missing the point. However, I am trying and willing to learn so if you are someone who's in that yacht in front of me, send over a couple life jackets and help a brother out.

What and When?

Slow Drip is a newsletter, sent out on Mondays on a(n) almost weekly basis, that provides a bit of color on the past week's economic activity and other related information. Author of this article is a guy named Elliott, who, like everyone else, is trying to get a grasp on what the hell is going on in this economy so that he doesn't go broke or lose all his monies to that Nigerian prince who keeps asking for help.

Where?

All newsletters will be sent via email on a weekly basis. Additionally, the newsletter will all be located for your own perusal on my website here. For those curious, I utilize Notion as my blog. Highly recommend on checking them out.

Why?

The purpose of this newsletter is three-fold: (1) accountability for myself (2) because docendo discimus (3) a creative outlet for sanity sake.

The name, Slow Drip, is an ode to my love for coffee. In the world of coffee, the term slow drip is often referred to the Japanese-style extraction of coffee known as the Kyoto Cold Brew method. This method slowly drips icy cold water on finely ground coffee, and over time the coffee becomes saturated until it begins to produce its own fine product: a refined and well-extracted batch of cold brew.

I use this as a parallel with the goal I am trying to achieve with this newsletter. With our minds (coffee grounds), the aim is that this information (water) saturates our minds to the point where once fully saturated, we begin to produce a well refined product of economic knowledge (cold brew).

Cheers,
Elliott C.

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