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The “Great Recession” – Ten Years Later
By Steve Selengut | June 12, 2018 I thought you might be interested in some thoughts about the investment climate around the time of the “great recession”. You may find them disturbing, or enlightening, depending on where you think we are today. But two things are fairly certain… not a whole lot has changed, and a look to… Read More »
TOP 8 REASONS TO STUDY ECONOMICS
TOP 8 REASONS TO STUDY ECONOMICS 1. You can talk about money without ever having to make any. 2. Mick Jagger and Arnold Schwarzenegger both studied economics and look how they turned out. 3. When you are in the unemployment line, at least you will know why you are there. 4. If you rearrange the… Read More »
Investment Primer Part 1: Assets and Assest Classes
By Kevin Judge | June 11, 2018 TYPES OF INVESTMENT ASSETS: There are hundreds of types of investments and thousands of choices, but only two categories to choose from. DEBT: These are investments where you are owed interest and your money back. EQUITY: These are investments where you own something and hope for one or… Read More »
When Will Cryptos & Blockchain Really Explode?
Martin Straith | June 11, 2018 Every day there is more news about what can, may, and should happen in the world of Crypto Currencies (CC’s) and Blockchain. There has been significant investment, research, and lots of chatter, but the coins and the projects are still not mainstream. They have not yet delivered the explosive… Read More »
The Latest Job Benefit Helps Employees Pay Off Student Debt
(NewsUSA) June 6, 2018 – What perk would most entice you to accept one job offer over another? A company car? (How Boomer-like of you.) A 401(k) plan? (Pretty common these days.) With Millennials now comprising the largest share of the workforce, a growing number of companies are betting that offering to help pay off student debt… Read More »
Pareto’s Gift to the World: The 80/20 Rule!
By Dr. Noelle Nelson | June 01, 2018 There’s a fascinating concept in economics called “Pareto’s Law,” or the “80/20 Rule.” In a nutshell, a 19th century economist, Vilfredo Pareto, noticed that 20% of the people owned 80% of the land, and similarly that 20% of his peapods produced 80% of his peas. Much later, Joe Juran,… Read More »
More’s Utopia
By Martin Hahn | May 31, 2018 Thomas More (1477 – 1535) published the very first formal utopia. He imagined a complicated, self contained earth established on an island, in which communities shared a typical culture and way of living. More ‘s Utopian society is actually communal. Every family can make a clothes and a trade is learned… Read More »
Businesses brace for a summer with record low unemployment
(BPT) | May 30, 2018 – School closing for the summer may mark lazy days for kids, but local businesses are bracing for peak season. With unemployment at a 17-year low, and a record 6.6 million job openings reported at the end of March, it’ll be tougher than usual to serve the seasonal boom of… Read More »
Solutions To The Copper Hoarder’s 1982 Penny Problem
By Harrington A Lackey | May 30, 2018 Copper pennies have recently become the new “precious” metal, worth a whopping 2 cents per coin. It’s nothing like the high value of gold, nor the lower value of silver, but copper has many desperate investors turn to the lowly penny for potentially huge future profits. But what the… Read More »