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Madeline Hume

Madeline Hume

 is a senior research analyst for Morningstar.

Bond investing concepts: How 'escape velocity' works
Fixed Income
Bond investing concepts: How 'escape velocity' works
Fixed income investors have seen yields soar and prices fall. Here we explain the dynamics of changing yield to maturity and duration—and the...
Is Bitcoin worth the gamble?
Stocks
Is Bitcoin worth the gamble?
What we’ve learned from tackling the most common approaches to valuing this cryptocurrency.
What is Bitcoin’s scarcity worth?
Personal Finance
What is Bitcoin’s scarcity worth?
Demonstrating that bitcoin’s restricted supply contributed to its incredible rise is one small step. Using it to forecast the future is a giant...
What is Bitcoin’s network worth?
Personal Finance
What is Bitcoin’s network worth?
Network effects are more complicated to model for bitcoin than for other assets.
What is Bitcoin worth?
Markets
What is Bitcoin worth?
This article attempts to answer that question by valuing bitcoin under the total addressable market approach.
What's happening with stablecoins?
Stocks
What's happening with stablecoins?
The crash of the Terra stablecoin’s exchange rate raises pressing questions.
5 charts on crypto's past and future
Markets
5 charts on crypto's past and future
What's it like to hold crypto as an investment?