Author: Vivian Lewis

Dear rss free blog, Reader Tom McC objected to Frida Ghitis’s Jewish New Year article on Israel’s currency. He wrote: “High prices for ‘stuff’ is a sign of a low value for the currency. A highly...

Dear rss free blog,   L’shana tova. Frida Ghitis writes from Israel: While Israel’s economy is not growing at a break-neck pace, anyone who thinks the world is int near-depression should take a stroll down...

Dear rss free blog,  Paul Krugman wrote a blog about the reaction to his NY Times Magazine article about what he styled “freshwater” macro-economists, numbers-mad non-east- or west-coast USA-heartland ec or biz...

Dear rss free blog,  “Do you seriously want to be rich?” was what Bernie Cornfeld used to ask potential investors in his Swiss-based IOS, operator of funds of funds and generator of huge commissions for Bernie...

Dear rss free blog, Be careful what you wish for. A year ago, a major UK bank was not allowed to acquire Lehman Brothers which wound up in bankruptcy. The British Chancellor of the Exchequeur told his US counterpart, Treasury...

Dear rss free blog, Today we will report on China and gold because that is where the headlines are. But we will also report on Portugal and Japan where they are not. And we have a huge money-saving deal for subscribers in...

Dear rss free blog, To all Global-Investing.com members: We would like a back-up method of reaching you in case of delivery problems. Please edit your profile at :...

Dear rss free blog, Today is the 8th anniversary of the murderous Taliban attack on my native city’s financial center. And the financial center is busy ignoring the date, helped by amnesia worldwide. Europe rose for a 7th...

Dear rss free blog, Having recently visited South Africa, and being convinced that its supposed evil lefty Zuma government will be no worse than that of Brazil’s Lula (we bought some ADRs), I keep an eye on news from the...

Dear rss free blog,Frida Ghitis replies: …she pays a fortune for an individual health insurance policy with a monster deductible, fyi. Anyone who wants to contribute to keeping me healthy is welcome to pitch in. The two...