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20 something avid reader, occasional writer, and full-time soccer aficionado.
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The Secret Goldman Sachs Report: Eurozone Collapse And How To Profit From It
On the 16th of August, Goldman Sachs released a report, State of the Markets – Long and Short Risk Strategies, that is currently making its way around the Internet....
Paradox of Thrift: Hoarding Cash In Corporate America
Apple created a stir last month when it revealed figures showing that it had cash equivalents and marketable securities of about US$76.2 billion. Likewise, General Electric boasted cash holdings...
Fasting, Not Fighting, For Change: The Case of Anna Hazare
Late last year, a little known man from Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia set himself on fire in protest of the mistreatment he suffered from municipal government officials. The death...
China’s Ghost Towns: Overdevelopment in the Real Estate Market
Some say that the best expression of excess capacity and overdevelopment in China is its real estate market. Shanghai, for example, is a prime instance of the property boom...
Sino-American Power Play: Why China Has to Buy US Debt
Last week, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) downgraded U.S. debt from a stellar AAA rating by a notch to AA+. The move sent financial markets in panic...
Afghanistan is Broke, US Drowning in Debt – So What About a War Ceiling?
With all the debate in the United States over raising its debt ceiling, politicians and lawmakers are once again fighting over national spending. Democrats are sore that the US$2.4...
China’s Shady Accounting Practices and Bad Apples
In 2008, the National General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine raised the flags when a pediatric urologist noticed a rise in the number of children afflicted with...
How the Rich are Spending in 2011
They earn, they invest and they splurge. Only that they do so more ostentatiously and extravagantly. They are the ultra high net worth individuals, or more conventionally – and...
Is China Heading For An Economic Slowdown?
Last week, Beijing released its June inflation and national trade account figures, with data suggesting that the government’s current measures to cool down its economy may be inadequate. Last...
Should Wall Street Be So Sure About Greece Deal?
Wall Street hit its biggest four-day rally last week amid optimism that Greece will avoid default. The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 153 points, S&P’s 500 Index went...