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What are Alternative Investments?
These days the mention of alternative investments within the investment community is a bit like bringing up the presidential election, an interesting topic for sure, but you are likely to run into some pretty strong opinion or resistance, no matter where your personal views lie. Before diving into the debate of whether or … Continue reading
Friday Humor: Can I Get a Day Off?
An employee goes to see his supervisor in the front office. “Boss,” he says, “we’re doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff.” “We’re short-handed,” the boss replies. “I can’t give you the day off.” “Thanks, boss,” says the … Continue reading
Top Ten Investment Books for Austrian School Economics
The following are books that have had the most significant impact on my investment philosophy. Though that philosophy is heavily influenced by a belief in Austrian School Economics, only two of these books deal with Austrian Economics specifically. What they do provide, however, is education and wisdom on how real-world markets work, which has allowed … Continue reading
Chinese Currency Manipulation and the New “Giant Sucking Sound”
As Barron’s Up and Down Wall Street columnist Randall Forsyth wrote this weekend “for the currency markets, seven Chinese Yuan to the U.S. Dollar has become a milestone that seems as inevitable as Dow 20,000.” For decades Chinese officials worked to keep the Yuan artificially cheap in an effort to boost an export driven economy. … Continue reading
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