Monthly Archives: January, 2015
Is a 28% Investment Tax in Your Future?
I didn't catch President Obama’s state of the Union Address this week as I am sure many of you didn't either. There more pressing...
ECB Finally Gets its Own QE
After years of German opposition and legal wrangling, the ECB will finally get to pursue its own quantitative easing policy.
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Bloomberg’s Jeff Black and...
Breaking Bad, Breaking Good
You are polishing off the final episode of Breaking Bad, ready to cry because one of the coolest series ever filmed was minutes from...
The Happiest Countries in the World
There's something about the Scandinavian countries. Despite brutal cold and scarce sunshine, the countries at Europe's northern periphery consistently perform at the top of the world's happiness rankings. In fact Denmark and Norway were ranked the first and second happiest countries by the World Happiness Report (a U.N. publication). Sweden came in at fifth happiest, followed shortly by Finland at seventh and Iceland at ninth.
Global Currency Wars
The currency wars that the world's major economic powers are engaged in are not being fought with the same tactics as previous currency wars. There are no tariffs or duties being slapped on foreign produced goods, and you will hear no official policy of currency devaluation from government officials. But don't let that fool you.