Corporate Governance Key To Gulf Country Success: Deutsche Bank
By Sonja Ryst, Research AnalystBahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stand a “solid chance” of succeeding in developing their financial markets and promoting their...
View ArticleEUR/USD – Euro Trading at Multi-Month Highs
EUR/USD is trading in the 1.360 range, following its sharp gains late last week. The rally started after the European Central Bank to hold its benchmark interest rate at the current level of 0.75%, and...
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Fed Assets Are On The Rise, And Now Officials Are Having Second Thoughts
At their last meeting during December 11-12, the members of the Fed’s FOMC decided to add a new policy goal. They declared that their ultra-easy monetary policy would remain in force until the...
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ETFs On The Verge Of A Breakout?
After an explosive New Year rally and with major ETF indexes near all time highs, stocks and ETFs could be on the verge of a breakout to new highs.After the fiscal cliff was resolved, at least for the...
View ArticleGold and Silver Outlook for January 14-18
The prices of precious metals spiked on Thursday along with the rest of the market including crude oil, stocks and Euro. The recent ECB meeting and press conference that followed may have contributed...
View ArticleWhen It Comes to Real Estate, Location is Key
If you are interested in investing in foreclosures, then it is essential for you to take into consideration the most important aspect of buying any home: the location. When purchasing a property,...
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President Obama Needs A New Metaphor For His Second Term
As US President Barack Obama begins his second term, he needs a simple way to express his vision and policies for the economy – a metaphor around which support for his policies might crystallize,...
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Job Creation And Destruction By Industry Since 2007 [Interactive Tool]
Inquiring minds are investigating job creation and losses during the economic recovery. Data for following Tableau Software interactive map is courtesy of Economic Modeling Specialists.The interactive...
View ArticleWipe the Debt From the Books
The national debt of the federal government is $16.5 trillion, $52,317.30 for every individual in the United States. The only sane and moral stance is to repudiate it entirely.“Repudiation” is not a...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: Feeback Loopis
We could be stuck in a perverse equilibrium in which our absence of growth is delivering political paralysis, and the political paralysis preserves the absence of growth.- Benjamin Friedman, Prof. of...
View ArticleUS already has high elder poverty rate, so why are Social Security cuts even...
In the recent debate over the so-called "fiscal cliff," President Obama was reportedly at one point offering to raise the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to 67 and Social Security. However, in...
View ArticleETF Insider: Bearish Pressures Mounting
As the bull parade continues on Wall Street, bearish pressures are mounting right around the corner with major equity indexes sitting on hefty gains since the new year began. After muted activity last...
View ArticleTerrorism and the Debt Ceiling...
No, not what you might think. I think that the entire discussion about the debt ceiling is simply comical, akin to building a house, customizing it, but then refusing to pay the contractor. But...
View ArticleObama: "We are not a deadbeat nation." (But the Republicans are a deadbeat...
The issue here is whether America pays its bills. We are not a deadbeat nation. … This is the United States of America. We can’t manage our affairs in terms of the way we pay our bills? … I don’t...
View ArticleDaily Interest Rate Monitor – January 14
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View ArticleThe safest place in the world
January 13, 2013 Sovereign Valley Farm, ChileI’m writing to you from the safest place in the world– a humble cabin in central Chile, nestled among 1,100 acres of some of the most productive farmland on...
View Article60 Minutes: Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?
In case you missed last night’s 60 Minutes. Take the 13 minutes to view this fascinating piece about how technological advances, especially robotics, are changing the workplace and is causing...
View ArticleAaron Swartz, Hero and Martyr
My apologies for the sad tone of this piece, but a hero has fallen and we need to pay him tribute — and make sure his death is not in vain.Every turning point in the history of civilization has its...
View ArticleApparently, the National Review’s Editors Plan to Swear Off Flying. And...
Today, in another step forward, the National Review calls on Republicans to take the threat of default off the table: Republicans should recognize that the prospect of default is the Democrats’ chief...
View ArticleThis is someone you should know
January 15, 2012 Santiago, ChileNearly three years ago, I wrote that Chile was ‘the new America’– free, civilized, open, and full of opportunity.After traveling and putting boots on the ground in over...
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