By Anthony Harrington (via QFINANCE)(Guest Post) In his 1960s iconic book, The Armies of the Night, Norman Mailer reflects on the dangers of getting caught on a moral ladder. Faced with the choice between protesting the Vietnam...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Silver has taken some serious beatings lately, but there seems to be a renewed optimism in the market place towards the white metal as Bloomberg reported that “Investors for now are getting more bullish. As...
Read MoreGeorge St. Pierre By EconMatters The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Champion) has really grown as an organization through its acquisitions of competing organizations like the WEC and StrikeForce, the WEC enabled the UFC to add lighter...
Read MoreBy Frank Holmes (Guest Post) Right now, there are planes full of travelers heading to Vegas with dreams of striking it rich. These starry-eyed gamblers would greatly improve their odds by learning how to count cards. Yet, as we...
Read MoreBy Central Bank News (Guest Post) The past week in monetary policy saw interest rate decisions announced by 7 central banks. The only bank to announce a change to its main monetary policy interest rate was the Banco Central do...
Read MoreBy Tim Iacono (Guest Post) Well, it looks like Bill Gross is going to have a shot at boosting the lagging returns of his huge Pimco Total Return Fund during the closing months of the year after having recently added a big stake...
Read MoreBy Ronni Rebsdorf (Guest Post) Outsourcing is defined as any task or job that can be performed by employees but instead is contracted to a third party. These functions can be performed onsite or offsite. Many fast paced...
Read MoreBy EconMatters Wall Street big banks, although not entirely responsible for the Great Recession, most experts agree that banks creating and partying in the subprime securitization mess is one of the major contributing events...
Read MoreBy Prieur du Plessis at Investment Postcards (Guest Post) A useful round-up of global stock market performance comes courtesy of Bespoke Investment Group.”Below we highlight the year-to-date performance for the major...
Read MoreBy Andrew Butter (Guest Post) If the fundamental value of gold measured in US-Dollars wasn’t a mystery before; then the past few weeks have added another dimension to the confusion. Supposedly gold is a “safe...
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