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MicroStrategy And Its Convertible Debt Scheme
MicroStrategy (MSTR) stock is soaring alongside Bitcoin. In the wake of extreme confidence, we fear many MicroStrategy investors fail to grasp the inherent risks with its unique convertible bond funding and leverage scheme. A recent podcast featuring Tom Lee presented some positive facts about MicroStrategy's recent convertible bond offering but failed to tell the whole story. Left out of Tom Lee's enthusiastic outlook is that the "novel strategy" can also bankrupt...
Read More »GM stoppt sein teures «Robotaxi-Projekt»
General Motors gibt trotz Milliardeninvestitionen beim autonomen Fahren auf. Die Tochter Cruise wird eingestellt und die GM-Aktie geht nach oben.
Read More »The Fight against the Left Is an Ideological One
Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) by Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec. Skyhorse Publishing, 2024; 258 pp.With their profoundly mediocre new book Unhumans: the Secret History of Communist Revolutions, Jack Posobiec and Joshua Lisec inadvertently illustrate some of the reasons why conservatives so often fail to counter the ideological victories of the Left. Like so many conservative activists before them, Posobiec and Lisec...
Read More »«Für 2025 gilt: Achtung vor Fallstricken!»
Die Aussichten für 2025 basieren auf einem gutem Umfeld. «Es gibt jedoch Gefahren und es braucht eine sorgfältige Auswahl», erklärt Nicolas Besson, Chief Investment Officer von Reyl Intesa Sanpaolo in Genf im Interview.
Read More »Zalando kauft About You
Die Otto-Gruppe verkauft den Modehändler About You an Zalando. Das Unternehmen bietet 6,50 Euro je Aktie, das sind zwei Drittel mehr als der Schlusskurs vom Dienstag. Insgesamt wird About You damit mit 1,13 Milliarden Euro bewertet. Beim Börsengang waren es noch knapp 4 Milliarden Euro gewesen.
Read More »Tui überrascht mit Gewinnsprung
Der Touristikkonzern Tui ist im abgelaufenen Geschäftsjahr ein weiteres Stück aus seinem Corona-Tief gekommen. Dank sieben Prozent mehr Gästen und höherer Preise entfiel nach den zwölf Monaten bis Ende September auf die Aktionäre ein Überschuss von 507 Millionen Euro und damit fast zwei Drittel mehr als ein Jahr zuvor.
Read More »From the Editor—November / December 2024
Another national election has come and gone, and like many of our readers, I think the less awful candidate won. After all, a victory for Kamala Harris was likely to be interpreted as an endorsement of the status quo and a “mandate” for more of the same.Unfortunately, though, opposition to the status quo is not the same thing as support for peace, freedom, or free markets. Dissatisfaction with the regime is good, but it’s not enough. We will see this illustrated many...
Read More »What Modern Economists Can Learn from the Austrian School of Economics
The Austrian School of Economics represents a heterodox methodological approach to economics that significantly differs from the orthodox teachings represented by mainstream economics. The Austrian School’s approach is multidisciplinary, comprising not only economists but also historians, sociologists, jurists, and philosophers who aim to explain social phenomena stemming from human action, which serves as the fundamental pillar of the school. Below, we will explore...
Read More »There Is No Right to a Minimum Wage
One of the most popular economic fallacies of our time is the belief that the absence of a minimum wage would lead to limitless exploitation of employees in the economy. Minimum wage legislation prevents employees from being hired at pay rates below the mandated amount. Proponents of minimum wage laws claim that not having a minimum wage would lead to employees being paid very little for the amount of work they do. They also claim that everyone ought...
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