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Category: Economics

  • For Investment, Certainty is Scarce

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    In the past year, it’s been a very tough task to ascertain the securest path for investment. No one market has proved dominant, and those in charge of managing investments have had to react at lighting speed to swift changes in market direction for all but the longest term options. Though investment returns are down,…

  • It’s a rich man’s world

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    An annual survey estimated that the combined wealth of the world’s 10.9m rich people (27% of whom are women) stood at $42.7 trillion in 2010, more than in 2007, the year the financial crisis was brewing. More than half of the monied classes live in the United States, Japan and Germany, though Asia has more…

  • Targets of Opportunity: The Region’s Top Investment Sectors

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    In a region that stretches from Morocco to Kuwait and covers terrain from mountains to desert, the range of economic activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is as varied as the geography. The rich diversity of economies provides numerous sectors primed for private equity (PE) investment. “In terms of sectors, each country…

  • Why Invest Offshore in Gold

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    Why Holding Gold in Your Portfolio Isn’t Advisable… It’s a Must 15 Fundamental Reasons to Own Gold 1. Global Currency Debasement The U.S. dollar is fundamentally and technically very weak and should fall dramatically over the next few years. However, other countries are very reluctant to see their currencies appreciate and are resisting the fall…

  • The Economics of Expectations

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    We are in the throes of a third wave. Instead of buying and selling assets one way (as tangibles) or the other (as symbols) – we increasingly trade in expectations (in other words, we transfer risks). The markets in derivatives (options, futures, indices, swaps, collateralized instruments, and so on) are flourishing. Economies revolve around and…

  • The Shape of the World in 2020

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    World in 2020 image via Wikipedia None can foretell the future, and yet the shape of what we face can be shrewdly estimated with enough attention to historical trends; with broad contextual understanding; and with sufficient insight into the character of leaders, their societies, and the structures which define their basis. These estimates will be…

  • Top 10 Errors Made by Financial Advisors and How to Avoid Them

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    Financial Advisers can have great opportunities and be real assets to their communities, but they can fall prey to avoidable mistakes. Mistakes 1 through 6 cover ethical concerns and 7 through ten cover business strategy and personal concerns. 1) Making uninformed judgements. In order to stop mistakes, be sure to double check appropriate rates and…

  • Offshore Investing

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    One way to diversify your investment portfolio and potentially see bigger returns on your investments is to invest offshore. When choosing to invest offshore you are gaining access to untapped and potentially lucrative markets in countries that many investors would not even consider investing in. There are a number of directions to go when considering…