prudent investor newsletters

The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate hut at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups—Henry Hazlitt

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Friday, May 27, 2011

US Federal Reserve’s Pandora’s Box Reveal of More Crony Bailouts

›

Unknown to most, the politics of redistribution will always benefit certain vested interest groups. The US Federal Reserve’s actions during ...

Two Ways to Interpret Gold’s Acceptance as Collateral to the Global Financial Community

›

Prices influence people’s behaviour. The persistent trend of rising gold prices seems to have been changing the psychology of the public t...

Updated Ranking of Global Credit Default Risks

›

Consistent with my earlier post, FT’s James Mackintosh: US Credit Risk Greater Than Indonesia , Bespoke Invest has updated tables of the 5-...

Thursday, May 26, 2011

A Crack-up Boom in Belarus

›

Belarus appear on the verge of experiencing hyperinflation. Reports the Bloomberg , [bold emphasis mine] Belarus is headed for an eco...

McKinsey Quarterly on the Deepening of the Information Age

›

In a recent study by McKinsey Quarterly Internet matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs, and prosperity , they find a dramatic s...

Graphic: Knowledge Problem

›

Here is Jessica’s Hagy’s graphic version of what seems to be F. A. Hayek’s Knowledge Problem . Ms. Hagy calls it There’s no such thing as ...

FT’s James Mackintosh: US Credit Risk Greater Than Indonesia

›

US credit risk is now greater than Indonesia. James Mackintosh at the Financial Times writes , (bold highlights mine) It sounds dotty t...

War on the Internet: G-8 Mulls Regulation of the Web

›

As earlier predicted , global politicians who see their turfs dramatically being eroded by the rapidly expanding flow of decentralized infor...

Tariffs on Furniture Trade: Example of Mercantilist Policy Failure

›

In the eyes of mercantilists, the world operates in a fixed pie where trade is reduced to a zero sum game—one benefits at the expense of the...

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Should Doomsayers Be Censored?

›

It had been a calculation error says the California preacher, thus doomsday will be reset on October 21. Booooo! Reports the Yahoo , (bold...

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Mainstream Calls For More Quantitative Easing

›

As financial markets reveal some signs of exhaustion or possibly indications that the stimulative effects of inflationism could be waning, ...

Vietnam Stock Market Plunges on Monetary Tightening

›

If major ASEAN markets have been resilient (except for the past 2 days). Vietnam’s benchmark has been cratering. Chart from Bloomberg ...

‹

›

Home

View web version

The Occupational Hazards of Caregiving

Agricultural Boom Fuels Farmland Protectionism

World Bank: Freedom and Liberty As Recipe To Prosperity!