Yet another article by me on the dangers of crowdfunding… I am sorry, I just don’t get it! With the announcement this past Wednesday, in regards to Obama’s JOBS Act, a unanimous approval in a vote by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ushers the proposal into its next phase and includes some important measures … Continue reading
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U.S Debt: Time to learn to eat with Chop Sticks?
In light of all the recent attention on the government shutdown and the crisis of lifting the debt ceiling, I thought it would be useful if I helped set the record straight. I think what I am about to tell you will not only shock most people in America, but those abroad as well. The … Continue reading
Scream–the sky is falling
I was reading a friends blog the other day; he was promoting banking facilities for the RMB (Chinese Yuan) and his argument, based on the video piece below, was: “the end is near.” He maintained that finance, as we know it, is at a “multi-cyclical shift” and the time for the U.S. Dollar–as the world’s … Continue reading
The rubber band effect
After 30 years in the Investment industry, it ceases to amaze me how investors continue to be swayed, pulled, and influenced by what I call the “rubber band effect.” Simply put: many investors react rather than think ahead and anticipate. Similar to a chess player, an investor must look not at the last move or … Continue reading
It’s the “Golden Arches” not the “Golden Bassinet”
When I was going to college and came home for the first summer, I worked at my father’s wholesale jewelry warehouse. There were a lot of heavy boxes to move around of costume jewelry and orders to fill from 100’s of rows. It was really simple stuff and also. . . being the boss’s son and … Continue reading