"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." Rahm Emanuel, an American politician, was talking about politics when he said this. But he may as well have said it about investing in troubled financial markets.If you're looking to invest when the odds are in your favour then look for a crisis. When asset p...Read More
"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." Rahm Emanuel, an American politician, was talking about politics when he said this. But he may as well have said it about investing in troubled financial markets.If you're looking to invest when the odds are in your favour then look for a crisis. When asset p...Read More
Cable television has long been the coveted propaganda arm used to program American sentiments. But because of the internet, viewer choice for news, sports, and entertainment has proliferated. Content is becoming decentralized, and that makes it harder to control the attitudes of the masses.Since 2013, pay tv subscriptions have been declining, losing more customers than they gain. Over one million...Read More
Cable television has long been the coveted propaganda arm used to program American sentiments. But because of the internet, viewer choice for news, sports, and entertainment has proliferated. Content is becoming decentralized, and that makes it harder to control the attitudes of the masses.Since 2013, pay tv subscriptions have been declining, losing more customers than they gain. Over one million...Read More
And the award for most misleading headline goes to the Wall Street Journal.What do you think an article entitled, Unlike Most Industries, Drone Makers and Operators Clamor for Federal Regulation, is all about?If you guessed it is about drone makers and operators clamoring for more regulations, you are wrong.Exactly the opposite is true. The drone industry is being stifled by overbearing regulatio...Read More
And the award for most misleading headline goes to the Wall Street Journal.What do you think an article entitled, Unlike Most Industries, Drone Makers and Operators Clamor for Federal Regulation, is all about?If you guessed it is about drone makers and operators clamoring for more regulations, you are wrong.Exactly the opposite is true. The drone industry is being stifled by overbearing regulatio...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comOn Tuesday afternoon, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of banking giant JP Morgan, let loose on Bitcoin.He was speaking at the Barclays Financial Services conference, and when asked whether his bank employs any Bitcoin traders, he responded-"If we had a trader who traded Bitcoin, I'd fire them in a second," calling any trader who deals in the cryptocurrency "stupid".He went on to say that...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comOn Tuesday afternoon, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of banking giant JP Morgan, let loose on Bitcoin.He was speaking at the Barclays Financial Services conference, and when asked whether his bank employs any Bitcoin traders, he responded-"If we had a trader who traded Bitcoin, I'd fire them in a second," calling any trader who deals in the cryptocurrency "stupid".He went on to say that...Read More
If you support free speech, you support sex trafficking. At least that’s what politicians hope the public will think.Clever politicians seem to be learning. If they want to censor the web and destroy free speech, they need to pick the right targets for their legislation. Of course, in reality, the legislation will end up affecting all of us.Their efforts really amount to holding websites acc...Read More
If you support free speech, you support sex trafficking. At least that’s what politicians hope the public will think.Clever politicians seem to be learning. If they want to censor the web and destroy free speech, they need to pick the right targets for their legislation. Of course, in reality, the legislation will end up affecting all of us.Their efforts really amount to holding websites acc...Read More
Four times a year The Investment Reporter reviews its outlook for the economy's five main sectors-financial, utilities, manufacturing, consumer and resources. Its guiding rule is that investors keep at least 10 per cent-but no more than 30 per cent-of their portfolio in each of those five sectors.It's best to diversify your stock portfolio across the five main sectors of the economy: finance, util...Read More
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon commented that he thinks Bitcoin is a fraud, and that “it will eventually be closed.”CNBC continues its amazing economic news coverage with his interview.Yes, the CEO of a major financial institution thinks Bitcoin will be “closed.”Look, however unlikely, it is possible that the Bitcoin price goes to $0. It is not, however, anywhere within the re...Read More
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon commented that he thinks Bitcoin is a fraud, and that “it will eventually be closed.”CNBC continues its amazing economic news coverage with his interview.Yes, the CEO of a major financial institution thinks Bitcoin will be “closed.”Look, however unlikely, it is possible that the Bitcoin price goes to $0. It is not, however, anywhere within the re...Read More
Your waitress wants you to get another round of drinks. We get it. She wants to sell more and boost her tip.But what if your doctor is doing the same thing when it comes to drugs? Unfortunately, they also want to sell more, and boost their tip… from the pharmaceutical companies.But unlike the waitress, the doctor relies on a system of lies and manipulations.Some doctors don’t even know...Read More
Your waitress wants you to get another round of drinks. We get it. She wants to sell more and boost her tip.But what if your doctor is doing the same thing when it comes to drugs? Unfortunately, they also want to sell more, and boost their tip… from the pharmaceutical companies.But unlike the waitress, the doctor relies on a system of lies and manipulations.Some doctors don’t even know...Read More
Canada's Centerra Gold (TSX:CG) on Monday said it had reached a comprehensive agreement with the Kyrgyz Republic in its drawn out environmental dispute over the firm's Kumtor gold mine.The settlement agreement would end mutual lawsuits, drop all environmental claims , halt court proceedings and allow Toronto-based Centerra to transfer funds from the country that had been frozen by the centra...Read More
A chicken in every pot, and a unicorn in every garage. That’s the progressive dream.No, seriously, they are dreaming, and they must have smoked something crazy before bed.I almost couldn’t even write about this subject because I just kept staring at my computer screen wide-eyed and shaking my head. Really? Is this seriously being passed off as economics and news?The larger the universa...Read More
A chicken in every pot, and a unicorn in every garage. That’s the progressive dream.No, seriously, they are dreaming, and they must have smoked something crazy before bed.I almost couldn’t even write about this subject because I just kept staring at my computer screen wide-eyed and shaking my head. Really? Is this seriously being passed off as economics and news?The larger the universa...Read More
Setting a fire is easier than putting one out.And sometimes the people who fail to put out a fire are persecuted by the ones who don't show up at all–or worse yet, fan the flames.A recent Gizmodo article basically criticizes a volunteer fire department. No, not literally. This has nothing to do with actual fires of fire-fighters.This has to do with an article called, "Some Crypto-Capitalists...Read More
Setting a fire is easier than putting one out.And sometimes the people who fail to put out a fire are persecuted by the ones who don't show up at all–or worse yet, fan the flames.A recent Gizmodo article basically criticizes a volunteer fire department. No, not literally. This has nothing to do with actual fires of fire-fighters.This has to do with an article called, "Some Crypto-Capitalists...Read More