[Today is the fiftieth anniversary of Friedrich A. Hayek’s Nobel Prize Lecture, delivered at the ceremony awarding him the Nobel Prize in economics in Stockholm, Sweden, December 11, 1974. This lecture, along with “A Free-Market Monetary system,” can be found here in book form.]The particular occasion of this lecture, combined with the chief practical problem which economists have to face today, have made the choice of its topic almost inevitable. On the one hand the...

Die Grossbank stellt laut «Wall Street Journal» ihr Vermögensverwaltungsgeschäft in den USA neu auf. Im Aussendienst gibt es statt zwei nationale Division neu vier Regionen, zusätzlich zu UBS International und dem «Wealth Advice Center».

Die Strategie investiert in physische Goldbarren, die in der Schweiz gelagert werden, und folgt laut Mitteilung den ESG-Richtlinien, die von Conser, einem Schweizer Beratungsunternehmen für nachhaltige Anlagen, bewertet werden.

Laut Mitteilung übertraf die siebte Kapitalerhöhung bei Fundamenta die Erwartungen und erreichte ein Gesamtvolumen von 158,2 Millionen Franken. Neue Anleger haben mehr als die Hälfte die Aktien gezeichnet.

During his 2024 presidential campaign Donald Trump repeatedly and in grave terms highlighted the possibility of the US dollar losing its world reserve currency status. This occurred at summits with business leaders at the New York and Chicago Economic Clubs.Trump occupies a rather unique position in this debate since he recognizes the real possibility of the dollar losing its world currency status, he opposes this change and wishes to prevent it, and yet he is not a...

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....

From 2010 through 2022, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) calculates that global oil demand grew by 10 million barrels per day (Mb/d). Over 60% of the demand growth was due to China's phenomenal economic growth. For context, American demand increased by less than 10%. The graph below shows that China once drove global oil demand, but that is no longer true. Given the impact oil prices have on inflation, this is an essential macroeconomic factor to...

Der Onlinehändler steigt in den amerikanischen Autohandel ein. Amazon startet mit Hyundai, doch sollen später auch noch anderer Marken einfach im Netz bestellt werden können. Geliefert wird dabei noch nicht nach Hause.

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...

General Motors gibt trotz Milliardeninvestitionen beim autonomen Fahren auf. Die Tochter Cruise wird eingestellt und die GM-Aktie geht nach oben.