A Five-Year Global Financial Forecast: Tsunami Warning
by John Mauldin, Thoughts from the Frontline
It is the time of the year for forecasts; but rather than do an annual forecast, which is as much a guessing game as anything else (and I am bad at guessing games), I'm going to do a five-year forecast to take us to the end of the decade, which I think may be useful for longer-term investors.
What We Read Today 19 January 2015
Econintersect: Every day our editors collect the most interesting things they find from around the internet and present a summary "reading list" which will include very brief summaries (and sometimes longer ones) of why each item has gotten our attention. Suggestions from readers for "reading list" items are gratefully reviewed, although sometimes space limits the number included.
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Incentive Accounts: A Solution to Executive Compensation
by Alex Edmans and Xavier Gabaix
Appeared originally at VoxEU.org, 24 June 2009
Many blame executive compensation for encouraging shortsighted risk-taking. This column argues that compensation should be structured so as to provide incentives consistent with the firm's position and long-term interest. It proposes 'incentive accounts' that it says would be superior to existing compensation schemes.
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Earnings and Economic Reports: Week Starting 19 January 2015
Written by Merlin Rothfeld, Online Trading Academy
Econintersect: Here is a day-by-day rundown of the global economic calendar events for the coming week and the important earnings announcements each day, as well.
Video presentation follows the Read more >> jump.
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See How Swiss Bank Policy Unleashed a "Tsunami" on These Stocks
Money Morning Article of the Week
by Tara Clarke, Money Morning
A surprise Swiss Bank policy change shocked the stock market today (Friday)...
On Thursday, the Swiss Central Bank ended a three-year old policy that prevented the Swiss franc from appreciating too much against the euro.
Oscar Nominations 2015: It's Still a Man's World
by William Brown, The Conversation
This year's Oscar nominations quickly prompted ire from all quarters. This isn't unusual, the awards are an easy target. 'Everything is awful', moans The Telegraph:
'The Lego Movie, the most successful and critically acclaimed animation of 2014, has inexplicably missed out.'
Google Narrows Gap on Facebook in Social Logins
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
The reach of Facebook and Google in the online world stretches way beyond the companies' own websites.
Draghi, What Are You Doing?
by Michael Grogan, First Class Analytics
For the past couple of months, I have strenuously been arguing that the current monetary policy in Europe is misguided. While a low interest rate policy seeks to promote economic growth in the Eurozone, it has done anything but - with GDP in countries such as Canada, UK and US far outpacing that of Europe.
Vermonters Lobby for Public Bank - And Win Millions for Local Investment Instead
Special Report from Yes!
by Alexis Goldsmith
Advocates didn't get the public bank they wanted. But the compromise they reached in the end was still a rare and significant win over Wall Street banks.
Infographic of the Day: Vehicles per Capita
How manyvehicles are owned in various countries and states..
Insider Trading 16 January 2015: Bed, Bath and Beyond Selling
by Asif Suria
Sell/Buy Ratio: The insider Sell/Buy ratio is calculated by dividing the total insider sales in a given week by total insider purchases that week. The adjusted ratio for last week went up to 12.98. In other words, insiders sold almost 13 times as much stock as they purchased. The Sell/Buy ratio this week compares unfavorably with the prior week, when the ratio stood at 6.58.
In Praise of Price Discovery
by David Stockman , Daily Reckoning
This morning's market is more erratic than Claire Danes off her lithium. Gold is soaring, the euro's plunging, US treasury yields are in free fall, junk bonds are faltering, copper is bouncing, oil has rolled over, the Russell 2000 momos are getting mauled, the swissie has shot the moon, the Dow is knee-jerking down, correlations are failing......and the robo traders are flat-out lost.
How to Avoid Bogus Health Information on the Web
by Andy Tattersall, The Conversation
Health is one of the biggest topics searched for on the web, yet despite its importance a large portion of this information is inaccurate, anecdotal or biased.
2014's Best-Selling Vinyl Albums
from Felix Richter, Statista.com
by Niall McCarthy
by Niall McCarthy
Last year, 2014, saw a streaming boom which has significantly altered the music landscape.
