“To get rich is glorious!” – Deng Xiaoping The Chinese seem to take above Deng’s message to a whole new level. During the dot com boom in the late 90s tech stocks on the NASDAQ soared to astronomical levels. Americans from all walks of life were mesmerized by the paper “wealth” that was being created on a …
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Is democracy necessary for economic growth and rise of equity markets? The above question is an interesting topic to analyze since the conventional principle accepted by most people is that democracy is the best form of government that is possible and only democracy can bring about stable and solid economic growth. This idea is particularly well …
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Below is the Banana Facts infographic from the FAO. Who knew there are almost 1,000 varieties…. Click to enlarge Source: FAO
One of the important topics that I have written about many times in the past is Market Timing. Some of those posts can be found here, here, here and here. I came across an interesting article by Fidelity Investments discussing ways to deal with market volatility. From the article: Click to enlarge U.S. stock market returns represented …
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The Central Bank of China has pumped billions of dollars into the economy in the past few years thru the various stimulus programs. As a result its balance sheet has ballooned to over $5 Trillion now making it the largest in the world. This figure is even bigger than total assets of the Federal Reserve. A Fidelity …
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