We are delighted to announce a very special guest for our next episode of the Goldnomics Podcast, due for release later this week. We recently had the opportunity to speak with the legendary investor and adventure capitalist Jim Rogers. Jim is an American businessman, investor, traveler, financial commentator and author. He is the Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc. He was the co-founder of the...
Read More »Wann stoppt dieser Zentralschweizer Rassismus? – Offener Brief an Fritz Erni, Direktor Hotel Montana
Von Lucien Looser- Nichts ist in der Innerschweiz so verhasst und sie scheinen das grösste Problem der Region überhaupt zu sein, die asiatischen Reisegruppen. Fritz Erni vom Hotel Montana und zahlreiche Journalisten fachen das Rassismus-Feuer erneut an. Sehr geehrter Herr Erni Ich kenne...
Read More »Wann stoppt dieser Zentralschweizer Rassismus? – Offener Brief an Fritz Erni, Direktor Hotel Montana
Von Lucien Looser- Nichts ist in der Innerschweiz so verhasst und sie scheinen das grösste Problem der Region überhaupt zu sein, die asiatischen Reisegruppen. Fritz Erni vom Hotel Montana und zahlreiche Journalisten fachen das Rassismus-Feuer erneut an. Sehr geehrter Herr Erni Ich kenne...
Read More »An Inquiry into Austrian Investing: Profits, Protection and Pitfalls
Incrementum Advisory Board Discussion Q3 2018 with Special Guest Kevin Duffy “From a marketing perspective it pays to be overconfident, especially in the short term. The higher your conviction the easier it will be to market your investment ideas. I think the Austrian School is at a disadvantage here because it’s more difficult to be confident about your qualitative predictions and even in terms of investment advice it...
Read More »Jim Rogers and the World’s New Reserve Currency
Today we’re bringing you another clip from our upcoming Episode of the Goldnomics Podcast with the legendary investor and “Adventure Capitalist”, Jim Rogers. In this clip Jim tells us what he thinks about the long-term safe-haven status of the US dollar and what he sees as the future for the Euro currency. Jim also give us his opinion on what he suspects might be the currency to emerge as the only viable but necessary...
Read More »The Yin and Yang of the US-China Relationship
Chimerica always seemed like an oversimplification of a complex and dialectic relationship between the US and China. However, it did express an underlying truth, that China’s rise over the last 40 years has been predicated on Deng Xiaoping’s political and economic reforms and, importantly, the world of free-trade (a reduction in tariff barriers to trade) promoted by the United States. America seems to hold two seemingly...
Read More »FX Daily, August 10: The Dollar Muscles Higher as Turkey Melts Down
Swiss Franc The Euro has fallen by 0.81% to 1.1355. Even more than the dollar, the Swiss Franc has muscled today. EUR/CHF and USD/CHF, August 10(see more posts on EUR/CHF, USD/CHF, ) Source: markets.ft.com - Click to enlarge FX Rates The US dollar has surged. The main impetus comes from the dramatic slide in the Turkish lira. After moving above TRY5.0 yesterday, it reached TRY6.30 today before stabilizing a...
Read More »The Swiss National Bank Now Owns $87.5 Billion In US Stocks After Q2 Tech Buying Spree
In the second quarter of 2018, one in which the global economy was shaken by the rapid escalation of Trump’s trade war, and in which central banks were one after another hinting at their own QE tapering and rate hiking intentions to follow in the Fed’s footsteps, what was really taking place was another central bank buying spree meant to boost confidence that things are now back to normal, using “money” that was freshly...
Read More »The Stock Market is Stretched to Double Tech-Bubble Extremes
By Joe Ciolli – BusinessInsider.com Leuthold Group has sounded the alarm on a valuation metric that shows the S&P 500 is twice as expensive as it was at the peak of the tech bubble. This development could have large implications for stock investors of all types, particularly value traders who make their living by finding discounts in the market. With the stock market within shouting distance of an all-time high,...
Read More »Traffic jams cost Swiss more than just time
In 2015, the cost of time lost due to delays caused by heavy vehicles, like freight trucks, was CHF444 million. Various costs related to traffic jams totalled CHF1.9 billion ($1.9 billion) in 2015, up 7% from 2010, according to the Swiss Office for Spatial Development. In a statementexternal link released on Wednesday (link in French, German and Italian), the office said that costs stemming from wasted time accounted...
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