Monthly Archives: November 2013

I have come across this kind of graph many timeswhat is the obvious conclusion here? If EM have 80% of global population, land mass, etc... GDP is below average they…

Druckenmiller described Google Inc. as the most “innovative company on the planet,” citing the company’s web-enabled eyeglasses and self-driving cars. He said investors who want to bet on innovation should…

I don't agree with the Pope about economicsIn this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed…

The table below shows how only those with incomes over $500,000 a year have benefited from QE. And the rich don’t spend, they save. The policy of getting money directly…

There is excess supply of almost everything in the world. The only thing that i remeber from my Economics degree is Supply & Demand, and when supply is bigger than…

Youngsters have got to stop thinking about becoming the next Zuckerberg. It's a trillion-to-one chance. What they need is mater and pater to say, 'Get a job, son.'Alan Sugar The idea…

American kids are stayin’ home these days. We knew that from anecdotes but now we know it given the hard data from the Census Bureau.Unable to find jobs commensurate with…

Apple & Samsung take massive 109% of mobile industry profits while competitors lose moneyThe mobile market continues to be a two-horse race for profitability between Apple and Samsung, with the…

This fall, a truck dumped eight million coins outside the Parliament building in Bern, one for every Swiss citizen. It was a publicity stunt for advocates of an audacious social…

Perhaps nowhere is this more visible than in the recent strategy of smoothie retailer Jamba Juice, which in order to battle a 4% drop in Q3 same store sales has…