As of recent, Southeast Asia has been building momentum, both economically, as a result of broadening representative governments, and politically, with recent elections held in Myanmar and an upcoming announcement of election in Malaysia.
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Tag: Free Market
Blog Post - May 1st, 2012
Blog Post - May 1st, 2012
As of recent, Southeast Asia has been building momentum, both economically, as a result of broadening representative governments, and politically, with recent elections held in Myanmar and an upcoming announcement of election in Malaysia.
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Blog Post - April 25th, 2012
The commodity metal copper is known in the financial world as “Dr. Copper,” because, historically, the copper spot price has predicted the health of the global economy, as it is an important input resource to a huge number of industrial processes.
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All terms: Commodities, Copper, Currency, Demand, ECB, Economic Indicators, economy, Free Market, Industrial metal, quantitative easing, U.S. Dollar
Blog Post - April 17th, 2012
While the short one-minute video is from 2009, it drives home a diametric difference between the Chinese media and the Anglo-media. In China, the state encourages citizens to save in gold and silver. Savings mediums can easily be exchanged in a ...
All terms: China, Commodities, Foreign Exchange, Free Market, Gold, Investing, Silver
Blog Post - April 13th, 2012
Most people thought it would be a euro collapse or the second wave of home mortgage foreclosures that would bring about the next financial crisis. Now we learn it may instead be the seemingly benign institution of student loans that brings the whole thi ...
All terms: Bankruptcy, Debt, Debt, Financial Crisis, Free Market, Government, Government Intervention, Monetary System, U.S. Taxpayer
Blog Post - March 26th, 2012
Today we look at an issue that is, in many ways, a follow up to what we wrote on Friday in Are the Machines in Charge? We were only half-joking in writing, “Shh, they might hear you….” But in reality the robots do trade based on cues found in o ...
All terms: commodities, Commodities, Derivatives, financial markets, Free Market, Gold, market fundamentals, S&P 500, Silver, Trade
Blog Post - March 13th, 2012
The housing market comprises the asset base of the banking and financial system. When home prices fall, the loss is not marked-to-market price, as the hit to lenders is taken when the foreclosure process is completed.
With the new year comes t ...
All terms: Debt, Federal Reserve, foreclosures, Free Market, Housing Market, loans, Personal Finance, real estate crash, Shadow banks, Value
Blog Post - February 24th, 2012
As the U.S. economy continues limping along, and unemployment numbers show small, if misleading, improvements, a recent piece in Bloomberg Businessweek makes a point similar to one WealthCycles.com made a few months back: some jobs go away not becau ...
All terms: Free Market, Free Market, innovation, labor, Personal Finance, Security, technology, U.S. economy, Unemployment
Blog Post - February 24th, 2012
As the U.S. economy continues limping along, and unemployment numbers show small, if misleading, improvements, a recent piece in Bloomberg Businessweek makes a point similar to one WealthCycles.com made a few months back: some jobs go away not becau ...
All terms: Free Market, Free Market, innovation, labor, Personal Finance, Security, technology, U.S. economy, Unemployment
Blog Post - February 23rd, 2012
The U.S. administration is considering a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%. As a general rule, a reduction in taxes collected, increases the amount of productivity in the economy. Here is how it works:
Growth
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