Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets.
Europe debt crisis: the Euro area’s policy makers have their work cut out for them. It’s clear that a plan of action for Greece’s financial situation is required, yesterday. The “Vienna initiative”, a strategy birthed in 2009, was designed to freeze the rot of financial contagion spreading through some parts of Europe at a rapid pace….
Several years ago, a good friend of mine invited me for a “guy’s weekend” in Atlantic City where we were to stay at the Tropicana. It sounded interestihttp://www.atlanticcitynj.com/ng enough as he and I always had a few laughs together and I had never really been to a casino before. In fact, when we arrived at the Tropicana, one…
The biggest increase in company profit in the past decade is proving reason enough for investors to hold on tightly to their stocks. This, despite the fact that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has rallied 97 percent. Experts have indicated that consumer spending will sustain this financial recovery (post the 2008 financial crisis). This…
They may be some of the most popular countries in Europe, but their financial future is looking significantly less favorable. Despite Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, indicating that the euro-zone summit on March 24th-25th was a leap in the direction of amending the region’s debt crisis, critics are suggesting otherwise. Rescue missions, while approved, lack funding….
Down South, Brazil’s alternative-investment industry appears to be thriving. The country’s private equity and hedge-fund industry has successfully attracted welcome international attention, and money pouring in. But why there? And why now? Experts have pegged the maturing of the country’s capital markets as well as a decline in interest rates. However, while Brazil’s equity markets…
ByTED
In this TED-Talk, author of “When China Rules the World” and a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman, Martin Jacques takes to the stage and provides us with a glimpse into the future. In his presentation, he highlights the fact that China is predicted to have a larger economy that the United States by…
