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The 4 Biggest Financial Fears—And How To Conquer Them
Freaked out by ghosts and ghouls? They don’t have anything on chrometophobia, or the fear of money. In fact, if you let money matters like setting a budget or taking a peek at your credit report scare...
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Astronomers Spot The Oldest Star Explosions Ever
The most distant star explosions in the universe have now been discovered, suggesting scientists may one day see the deaths of the first stars to arise after the Big Bang, researchers say. Future...
View ArticleWhat's Behind The Numbers: A Chat With John Del Vecchio
John Del Vecchio, manager of Active Bear ETF, discusses his new book, “What’s Behind The Numbers.” John Nyaradi: Hi, everyone. I’m John Nyaradi, Publisher of Wall Street Sector Selector, a financial...
View ArticleInstances of When Common Sense is Worth More Than Billion Dollar Profits
The growth of the mobile market - speaking both economically and scientifically - has been breathtaking, arguably one of the most remarkable feats in human history; however, even in the face of...
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Holland Banned Marijuana Sales To Foreigners And It Sparked A Crime Wave
Since May 2012, selling marijuana to non-Dutch buyers has been illegal in the south of the Netherlands. This measure came into law in an effort to prevent large numbers of foreigners, especially...
View ArticleObama Vs. Romney: When Candidates Compete, You Lose!
You remember that LendingTree advertising tagline, "When banks compete, you win"? Well, in this election cycle, it looks like the American people have lost out -- lost some sanity, lost a moderate...
View ArticleA Romney Win Would Be A Disaster For Gold
Gold reversed it recent slide this week after Japan launched an eighth – yes, eighth – round of quantitative easing. Japan's latest move to flood market with cheap money follows similar measures in...
View ArticleZIYAVUDIN MAGOMEDOV ADVERTISES ANOTHER MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR IMPROBABILITY,...
By John Helmer, Moscow When he was last spotted at his own devices, Ziyavudin Magomedov announced on September 20 that some time in the next decade he and Gazprom intend to build a refinery to convert...
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How The Markets And The Economy Performed For Every President Since 1900
With the presidential election just a few days away, I thought this might be a good time to recall the larger historical context of the US economy and markets with an eye on the party in power. First...
View ArticleElectric Cars Have Struggled With The Same Problems For 180 Years
On September 14, 1899, Henry Bliss stepped off a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York and got run over by a taxi. A plaque points out that it was the first automobile...
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Emergency Vehicles Will Get Gas Before Anyone Else In NYC
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, gas lines are stretching for miles in New Jersey, and some taxi and car services are running out of fuel and shutting down, according to Reuters. The situation is...
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The People Endorsing Obama Just Ignored The Past Four Years
Eight years ago, as George W. Bush sought reelection, his flaws were evident to much of America, but movement-conservative publications wouldn't confront them until years later as his second term came...
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How The Phrase 'Chinese-Style' Became Code For Everything That's Wrong With...
The Chinese government likes to boast of its superiority to the West, thanks to its socialist economy “with Chinese characteristics.” For years, it was virtually impossible to publicly say something...
View ArticleWhat Every Great Leader Knows About Getting Through A Crisis
The perils of natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy remind us of just how little control we can have over our business operations at times and just how quickly our fortunes can turn. While we...
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The Smallest Hotel Rooms in New York City
Ah, New York. There’s really no place like it. It’s one of the only cities in the world where you can pay hundreds of dollars for a hotel room smaller than your office cubicle. We’re hardly...
View ArticleThe Secret To Enjoying Work Is Achieving 'Flow'
"Flow" is when you’re so wrapped up in what you’re doing that the world fades away: Flow is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of...
View ArticleInvestors Shouldn't Forget That The Whole World Is Getting Older
As we grow and age, our needs and habits often change. The same is true of economies, which grow and change along with their people. Short-term statistics that impact a country’s economic growth rate,...
View ArticleDOES LAKSHMI MITTAL LOVE ALEXEI MORDASHOV, AGAIN — SEVERSTAL UNDECIDED ABOUT...
By John Helmer, Moscow Severstal reconfirmed this week that the control shareholder and executive chairman, Alexei Mordashov, has ruled out buying brownfield projects or loss-making steelmills. The...
View ArticleDOES LAKSHMI MITTAL LOVE ALEXEI MORDASHOV, AGAIN? SEVERSTAL UNDECIDED ABOUT...
By John Helmer, Moscow Severstal reconfirmed this week that the control shareholder and executive chairman, Alexei Mordashov, has ruled out buying brownfield projects or loss-making steelmills. The...
View ArticleInvestors Are Not Dumb!
How often do we hear statements like “Most of the ‘smart money’ is going into energy stocks right now”? Or advice to “Watch what the ‘smart money’ is doing”. I use the term myself in reference to what...
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