Speculation responsible for high oil prices?
The short answer is no. However, before you stop reading here, our opinion matters less than some, even if we’re more right. US congress has assembled a panel of ‘experts’, […]
Honda versus Toyota; fuel cells versus electrical cars
While in bastion of capitalism, the US, speculators are blamed even in Congress for the high gasoline prices, the rest of the world is actually taking steps to remedy the […]
Globalization and competitiveness; how to compete against China?
It’s not rocket science to make a country perform and take advantage of the opportunities that the global marketplace offers. Comparative advantage has always been a difficult concept to grasp […]
Defining Moments
We are in a philosophical mood. Life is usually defined in just a few moments. Often, these moments itself are pretty banal and/ or arbitrary, and only became obvious turning […]
Clinton versus Obama, the ‘vision’ thing
You what? The contest has just been decided (although it takes some time to sink in at one end of the contest), so it seems we’re a bit behind the […]
It’s politics, stupid!
Economic versus political logic. In search of Plato’s philosopher king.
A Blessing in disguise?
The high energy prices are a wonderful thing. We needed to get off oil for numerous reasons, since politics can’t do it, especially in the US, how about a great […]
How the European Union destroyed European football
Two English teams in the Champion League final, three in the last four and it could have been four, but two had to play one another in the quarter finals. […]
Looking for cheap stocks in an expensive market II. TSL update
We ran some comments about an article by Motley Fool about the housing crisis and the general state of the market this morning. Today, the market seems to be in […]
I want my shares! One guy’s odisea against naked shorting.
In our research about stock manipulation, we came across the following really amusing (albeit sad) exchange between one guy and his broker. His aim was to get his shares delivered […]