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June 2016

6 Key Ways to Defend Your Business Against Electromagnetic Radiation Threat

Everywhere you look in your office there is an electrical device. Unless you are working in a field, the chances […]

Earning an Income from Colombian Street Art

By Sarah Duncan, International Living Wandering through the busy streets of Bogota, Colombia, you’re bound to come across some colorful […]

Political Betting Market Raises Questions About Insider Trading

Alex Altman A few weeks ago, a passenger in the cafe car of an Amtrak train near Wilmington, Del., overheard […]

The Perfect Investment Bites the Dust

Even perfect investments aren’t perfect. Back in February of 2012, I wrote about a perfect investment with the following attributes: […]

China’s Neighbors to Millions of New Free-spending Tourists: “Ni Hao!”

by Ben Kirby of Thornburg Investment Management With more disposable income than ever before, Chinese tourists are venturing abroad in […]

VIDEO: This global warming GIF shows how hot Earth has gotten over the past 165 years

By Timothy McGrath,  Global Post This global warming GIF shows how hot Earth has gotten over the past 165 years […]

Russia is literally giving away land for free

By Dan Peleschuk, Global Post, If you’re Russian, this abandoned land in Russia’s Far East near China could be all yours. Lidia KellyReuters […]

Two Powerful Mental Models: Network Effects and Critical Mass

This post is all about network effects and critical mass. But it’s also about applying those concepts as important mental […]

Agecroft Partners’ Top 10 Hedge Fund Industry Trends for 2016

Each year, Agecroft Partners predicts the top hedge fund industry trends through their contact with more than 2,000 institutional investors […]

Importance of ROIC: “Reinvestment” vs “Legacy” Moats

By John Huber, I’ve talked a lot about the importance of the concept of return on invested capital (ROIC), and […]