From the category archives:
The difference between deflation and disinflation is quite important but not one you hear as much about. Yet it is important to not the difference because the two are not quite the same thing at all.
Keep in mind that INFLATION, strictly speaking, is an increase in the money supply (which eventually leads to an increase [...]
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I’m sure you’ve heard some version of the phrase “it’s the bottom-line that counts.” The bottom-line refers to what you get to keep of your income after all your expenses and bills are paid.
Earnings and Bottom-Line Growth
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In business terms, the bottom-line represents earnings. Earnings are arguably the ultimate measure of growth of a business because [...]
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Last week, it wasn’t only Jim Rogers who was suggesting that the Chinese yuan (renminbi) will likely become a major reserve currency, if not eventually the world reserve currency.
Later in the week none other than Goldman Sachs projected that the yuan is set to become a major reserve currency.
There are good reasons for this: number [...]
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State of the (Economic) Union 2010: is political news now a leading indicator of stock markets?
I can’t remember where I read it recently, perhaps even in the End of Influence, but the consensus among some who know more about it than I do is that stock markets, and most notably the U.S. stock market in [...]
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As soon as I saw this title on the bookshelf, it caught my eye. Since I’ve been trying to curb my spending, I just skimmed it and put it back. Well, I returned a week later and decided to buy it after skimming it again.
I’m not finished with the book yet (although it’s just a [...]
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