Famous investing quotes 9 – about investing leadership
“Never sing in chorus, if you want to be heard.” Jules Archibald (1856–1919) Australian journalist. Attributed to him.
Famous investing quotes 8 – about ideal things
When you consider something ‘ideal’, you lose the opportunity to improve it. Shoji Shiba (b. 1933) Japanese academic and author. Quoted in ‘Toyota’s Fresh Look… Read More »Famous investing quotes 8 – about ideal things
Stocks ready to soar – or the biggest internet scam in investing
If you have an email address not protected from spam by an impenetrable corporate firewall (which is unlikely by the way), then you are in the 99% brackets where most of the people are. Then for sure you receive at least once a week, depending where you disclosed your email address, an urgent request mail.Read More »Stocks ready to soar – or the biggest internet scam in investing
Auto industry update
The US auto industry is long troubled, especially by the strong Japanese competition. Yet it makes efforts to resist to the increases in the oil price and come back with more fuel efficient vehicles.
Chrysler LLC on Wednesday outlined plans to launch a new car-based SUV modeled after the Jeep Cherokee, as other major automakers took the spotlight at an industry conference to pitch their own hurried responses to the surging demand for more fuel-efficient cars.Read More »Auto industry update
Forex update – the USD rallies up against other currencies
Interestingly enough, these days the US good economic news tend to come all together, as did the bad news for several months in a row previously. First of all, the USD has gained a serious foothold against the troubled Euro, up to 0,67 of 1 euro. It has done so by steadily climbing in the last 5 days from 0,657, which is quite a performance for such a short period. Of course, this has led to huge gains (or losses) on the forex markets, but it also provided a short respiro to the troubled US economy who seemed to see no light at the tunnel end.Read More »Forex update – the USD rallies up against other currencies
Global economic growth continues – macroeconomic analysis
After solid and broad-based growth for three consecutive years the world economy decreased slightly in 2007 with anticipated GDP growth back to 2005 levels at 4.9 % and 3.3 % forecast for 2008 by the World Bank. Developing countries and economies in transition continued their strong economic growth with the previous years, i.e. 5.9 % for developing countries and 6.5 % for countries in transition.Read More »Global economic growth continues – macroeconomic analysis
Famous investing quotations 7 – about growth (again)
There are as many foolhardy ways to grow as there are to downsize. Gary Hamel (b. 1954) US academic, business writer, and consultant. Digital Britain … Read More »Famous investing quotations 7 – about growth (again)