‘We realized that there’s no way we can return’: Russia’s best and brightest are leaving the country in record numbers. 6 young Russians explain why they left

Three months ago, Sonya, a 25-year-old who works at a major mobile gaming company and moonlights as a tutor, made […]

By Aidualc | 29 Aug 22 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Why Warren Buffett Is Right About China

Miriam Tuerk At the recent U.S.-China Investor Forum, Warren Buffett discussed how China has “unleashed the potential of their citizenry.” In 2017, […]

By Aidualc | 27 Aug 18 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

South Africa: Key Issues and Challenges

As I’ve previously written, I had the opportunity to visit South Africa recently and meet with a number of executives […]

By Aidualc | 19 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

2016 marked the end of the biggest bull market of our lifetimes

In 2016, the nearly 40-year bond bull market ended. Date of death: July 11. And this was the biggest economic […]

By MarketAngel | 12 Jan 17 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Return Of Crisis

Suddenly banks everywhere are in deep, deep trouble by Chris Martenson Financial markets the world over are increasingly chaotic; either […]

By Aidualc | 03 May 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Financial Markets and the Cycle of Debt Release

By: Clif_Droke To many investors cycles are the holy grail of the financial market.  Many investors have devoted years to the […]

By Aidualc | 01 Jan 16 | Posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Conditional Expected Returns

by Douglas R Terry, CFA The following table presents the probability of 4 possible paths for the economy and our macro […]

By Aidualc | 15 Oct 15 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Learning to Love Volatility

I’m really enjoying reading Nassim Taleb’s new book Antifragile. It’s really changing how I view the world. An adapted piece from […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jul 15 | Posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Understanding Supply-Side Economics

Supply-side economics is better known to some as “Reaganomics,” or the “trickle-down” policy espoused by 40th U.S. President Ronald Reagan. […]

By M Guliyev | 05 Nov 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Fractional reserve banking

Fractional-reserve banking is the practice whereby a bank retains only a portion of its customers’ deposits as readily available reserves […]

By zoltanakb | 28 Sep 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)