Monthly Archives: August 2015

China’s Secret Gold Hoarding Strategy

China’s recent stock market gyrations have some analysts now calling China the biggest bubble in history. But those who write off China because of market volatility are missing a more important long-term trend of Chinese geopolitical and monetary ascendancy. That trend shows no signs of abating. China’s leaders have a clever strategy, and Western financial…

Three Good Reasons To Invest Your Money

What is the purpose of your investment account? When you play a game of chess, you base your strategy and tactics on achieving your ultimate goal… to win. Similarly, when you invest, you should always keep your objectives in mind. While you may think everyone’s answer to this question is “to make money,” asset growth…

Outside The Box: Europe’s Greek Tragedy

In this week’s Outside the Box we have a unique diagnosis of Europe’s ills from … a medical doctor. The author is Dr. Luc De Keyser, who currently serves as the chief medical information officer at Xperthis, the largest provider of hospital information systems solutions in Belgium. He has done pioneering work in multicenter clinical…

Where’s Our Gas Savings?

I understand the concept of lag effect, but this seems a little extreme. Does it seem that when the price of oil goes up, gas prices go up immediately? And when oil prices fall, gas prices don’t fall as rapidly? Your feeling is confirmed by the facts. We’ve had quite a roller coaster ride of…

U.S. Nonfarm Private Payrolls: July 2015 Preview

Private nonfarm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 205,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s update for July from the Labor Department, based on The Capital Spectator’s average point forecast for several econometric estimates. The prediction reflects a modestly lower increase vs. the 223,000 advance in June. Two estimates based on recent surveys of…