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Ha-Joon Chang: “Economics: The User’s Guide”
Cambridge University economist Ha-Joon Chang visited Google’s Cambridge, MA office to discuss his new book, “Economics: The User’s Guide“. Talks at Google: Ha-Joon Chang, “Economics: The User’s Guide”...
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Would’a Could’a Should’a bought, sold, Etc. [CHART]
Would’a Could’a Should’a bought, sold via Attain Capital (Disclaimer: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results) “The Managed Futures Blog is a compilation of thoughts, research,...
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The Value Proposition: Sionna’s Common Sense Path to Investment Success
Brief excerpt from CFA Institute on The Value Proposition followed by full book description The Value Proposition: Sionna’s Common Sense Path to Investment Success. 2013. Kim Shannon, CFA. Reviewed by...
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In Investing Don’t Be a Fool, Follow the Stool
Via Investing Caffeine It’s the holiday season and with another year coming to an end, it’s also time for a wide range of religious celebrations to take place. Investing is a lot like religion too....
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Chinese Economy Revised Upwards By 3.4% For 2013
Made up numbers? China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced on Friday that it was revising the estimated size of the country’s economy for 2013 upward by 3.4% to 58.8 trillion yuan ($9.5...
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Pedro Franco, Understanding Bitcoin: Cryptography, Engineering, and Economics
Understanding Bitcoin – book review By Brenda Jubin of Reading The Markets Although it seems that everybody and his brother have weighed in on the merits of Bitcoin, I suspect that few have more...
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Book Review: Pragmatic Capitalism
Pragmatic Capitalism: What Every Investor Needs to Know About Money and Finance Cullen Roche The book can be found here. Want to see all our book reviews? Book Overview While Ben Graham was the...
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Supply & Demand: The Lesson of a Lifetime
Between all the sporting events, road trips, and parties, I had a difficult time balancing my academic responsibilities just like any other college student. Nonetheless, after a few jobs and a few...
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Value Investing: Commodities, Contrarianism And Conviction
Commodities, Contrarianism & Conviction by Joe Rooney, Burgundy Asset Management Following is a common dialogue at recent investment meetings with our Canadian clients. “Where is the price of oil...
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Capital Econ: Real Consumption Figures Remain Weak
The Capital Economics, US Economics Weekly Bulletin focused on the weakness of real consumption during the first quarter this week, (20th April 2015) despite falling energy prices. Real consumption...
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Capital Econ: The Greek Crisis Starts To Restrain Euro Recovery
The Capital Economics, US Economics Weekly Bulletin focused on the spillover effects of the Greek crisis this week, (27th April 2015). Greek crisis The Greek crisis continues to drag on with Friday’s...
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Will iPad Pro Help Boost Apple Tablet Sales?
Apple has been linked for sometime with the production of an iPad Pro tablet. The thoughts behind this is that the release of an iPad with a higher spec would attract people back to what is effectively...
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U.S. vs. China: Military Might
As diplomatic tensions grow between the United States and China, so pessimistic observers have floated the idea of a military conflict. In this context, it is interesting and informative to compare the...
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How Much Longer Until the Next Recession? Housing Starts Says Not Until 2022
The Housing Starts and Building Permits figures came in relatively decent. Building Permits exhibited the largest jump, going from -2% in April to +25% year-over-year in May. The jump paints a positive...
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Russia And NATO Prepare For Possible War
Tensions continues to ramp up between Russia and the United States, as geopolitical manoeuvers unfold. The uneasy peace between the Eastern and Western superpowers seems to be deteriorating further,...
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Is China Beating The US In The South China Sea?
As tensions continue to unfold in the South China Sea, the question many political observers are assessing is whether or not the United States is coming out on top. Certainly there has been a great...
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Deadly Pakistan Heatwave Kills More Than Terrorism
Pakistani officials report that high temperatures caused the deaths of over 1,200 people in a week, the majority of whom died in Karachi. The death toll is astounding, and may well be even higher given...
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Report Suggests U.S vs. China-Russia War Possible
A recent report produced by military top brass in the United States suggests that Russia and China are the biggest threats to the security of the nation. A gloomy report, released Wednesday by General...
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Russia And U.S. Economic War Raging
As tensions between Russia and the United States expand, it is increasingly clear that an economic war is being waged between the two superpowers. This is certainly not the first time that the United...
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Looking At The Economic Expansion: How Long Can It Last?
By most measures, the current economic expansion has lasted fairly long. This, of course, begs the question: How long can this economic expansion keep going? Here's a look at the historical cycles of...
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