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Want to Make Money? Then Learn how to Embrace and Manage Risk…
April 23, 2012 | The Bull
Not so long ago many people were drunk on the profits of the equities boom (2003-2008) and were thinking that the party would go on further. It’s easy to think that way when you’re making 20%+ returns p.a. for years on end. Unfortunately…
The Days of Business as Usual are Over…
March 5, 2012 | The Bull 1
I love the circus. Especially watching trapeze artists in action. They work in a high stress, high risk environment performing complex acrobatic routines high above the ground. Timidity is not a trait of the average trapeze artist. And…
Is the 99% and the 1% Really Working Towards the Same Outcome
October 19, 2011 | Courtney van der Weyden
Of course we all know whats going down in America and subsequently spread to the rest of the world with Occupy Wall Street. It’s a movement that proposed a peaceful occupation of Wall Street to protest corporate influence of democracy,…
The United States Mountain of Debt
August 22, 2011 | White Spaces 1
As of May 2011, the United States owed $14.3 trillion in debt to other countries. Heather Billings and Todd Lindeman of The Washington Post break foreign debt down by continent and then by country.
Foreign investors hold the largest …
An Infograph on Credits Ratings By Country.
May 23, 2011 | White Spaces
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s lowered its outlook on U.S. debt to “negative,” suggesting that the United States’ top-flight “AAA” credit rating is vulnerable to a downgrade, which could send interest rates up,…
How Much More Are we Paying for Stuff in 2011?
May 23, 2011 | White Spaces
After seeing this article and graphic on the rising cost of food in The New York Times week in review, I was curious about how prices for other stuff has changed in the past year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides this data monthly…
Skateboarding in the Empty Pools of California’s Recession
May 22, 2010 | White Spaces 4
Cannonball from California is a place. on Vimeo.
The short film “Cannonball” artfully follows a group of skaters in search of newly empty pools behind foreclosed homes in and around the arid sprawl of Fresno other inland California…
Understanding Gen Y in 2009.
October 28, 2009 | White SpacesThere has not been a great deal which we can take away from banks over the past few years. However the Commonweath Bank in May this year, created a dedicated website and a structured social media campaign discussing views on spending, saving…
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