Famous investing quotations – 4 – size matters
“Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you’re so big that you can’t. That’s worse.” Michael… Read More »Famous investing quotations – 4 – size matters
Radu Haraga
Senior finance professional with more than 15 years of diversified P&L management, financial analysis, cost reduction and reporting system experience in the commercial finance and accounting. Besides multi-country team management, demonstrated capabilities to analyze and support sales growth, profit margins improvement, as well as sustainable cost reductions. Top notch business and professional qualifications - top 40 MBA (Hons.), FCCA, CIA, CIMA and others.
Stocks in Europe, Asia, US continue to decline – European banks on the second wave of the subprime crisis
As anticipated in our previous posts (unfortunately), shares continue to decline today on all the major markets, especially in Europe and Asia. There is an old investment adagio which says that “No news is bad news” (Ernest Hemingway, “For Whom The Bell Tolls). In this particular case, no good economic news means bad news for our shares investments.Read More »Stocks in Europe, Asia, US continue to decline – European banks on the second wave of the subprime crisis
The Japanese cars producers advance their US market leadership
I found today a couple of interesting articles on the Japanese car producers which have US factories.
Everything started in 2006, when it was announced that the combined market share of the main Asian auto makers (Toyota, Honda, Hyunday and others) has exceeded the one from the native Detroit car makers. It was a big hit to the local car producers and the US manufacturers (such as Ford or GM) announced big restructuring plans… Unfortunately for them, those plans failed to deliver the promissed superiority, whilst the Japanese producers continued their advancements in the car manufacturing.Read More »The Japanese cars producers advance their US market leadership
Famous investing quotations – 3
“The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British prime minister. Speech (September 1943)
The US trade gap widening and its consequences for investing
Recently some worrying news came throgh the main media channels and I had to apply my economics knowledge again to the reality.
The U.S. trade deficit probably widened and the cost of imported goods jumped, underscoring how the surge in oil prices is hurting growth and igniting inflation, economists said before various reports are released this week. Read More »The US trade gap widening and its consequences for investing
How to start investing
Yes, it is as simple as it sounds. You cannot make money if you do not start your investments, and as everywhere a good beginning can help you accelerate further than doing the things in the wrong order.
Famous investing quotations – 2
This quotation was initially associated with forecasting, although it is also valid for the investing activities: “Over the past 25 years, economic forecasters have missed… Read More »Famous investing quotations – 2