India is a much more entrepreneurial society than the United States. That may seem surprising since India is poor and we typically associate entrepreneurship with being rich, but it’s clearly true. Everyone here is on the make and open to opportunity. You need to hire someone to fix your wifi or repair a bicycle or […]

According to the International Monetary Fund, global debt has grown to a staggering grand total of 152 trillion dollars. Other estimates put that figure closer to 200 trillion dollars, but for the purposes of this article let’s use the more conservative number. If you take 152 trillion dollars and divide it by the seven billion people living […]

In France, President Hollande’s utter failure to foster broad consensus for structural reforms has paved the way for the most contested election in decades. While public debate focuses on the 2nd round winner, the real story is that Marine Le Pen’s agenda has already shifted the French political landscape. In recent polls, the French presidential […]

Written by Michael Noonan (Michael Noonan) This article is a brief, but totally accurate, description of what money is. People prefer to believe in the lie, that… Federal Reserve Notes (debt instruments) are real money and accept as such.Fiction takes precedence over reality. There is only one form of money…and that form is in gold and silver. […]

Preferred stocks offer the distinction of being unique hybrid instruments with qualities of both stocks and bonds.In that manner, they offer healthy dividend yields alongside a favored position in the capital structure of many companies that issue these securities. The reason company’s issue preferred shares are to raise capital from investors that are seeking an […]