An in-depth report on global innovation has been co-released by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization covering a total of 141 countries that make up 98.6% of global GDP. The report uses innovation inputs and outputs to create an overall Global Innovation Index with a score for each country. Rather than comparing all countries together, we decided to look at Canada and the United States to see which of the 49th parallel neighbours is the most innovative country. Here it is!
Read More »A Comparison Of Household Spending – By Country – For Different Expenses (+2K Views)
The Economist infographic below shows how much people in households around the world allocate to different expenses such as food, housing, recreation, transportation, and education.
Read More »U.S. Currency: 33 Fascinating Facts
The next time you spend your cash, take a moment to reflect on the history of the bill or coin in your hand as depicted in today’s infographic illustrating 33 fascinating facts about U.S. currency (notes and coins).
Read More »Is gold a good portfolio diversifier? (+2K Views)
While the correlation between bonds and stocks tends to increase during economic turmoil, gold usually becomes negatively correlated with other asset classes in such times. This means that the diversification benefits of gold are maintained and may even increase in during severe crises. Let me explain further and provide some caveats.
Read More »Look At These Curves & Make Educated Investment Decisions
Instead of obsessing over the timing of eventual interest rate hikes to contain inflation, it may be more useful observing the slope of the yield curve to see where the economy and the stock market are headed.
Read More »Many “Experts” Ignore These 10 Gold Market Realities
Here are ten basic gold-market realities that are either unknown or ignored by many gold ‘experts’.
Read More »The World’s Richest Countries – Where Does Your’s Rank?
Qatar, Luxembourg and Singapore are the three richest countries in the world. HERE's a list of the top 23 such countries.
Read More »Why the Pessimists May Be Right. What That Means For Gold & Silver (+2K Views)
Predictions that a crash will occur in the fall of 2015 have been gaining traction bolstered by market events of this summer which suggest that something big is indeed unfolding....The question before investors now is whether the pessimists will be right. Will the doom-and-gloom scenarios play out? Their arguments are worth considering, keeping in mind that nobody knows the future and that market forecasts are, at best, educated guesses. Read on!
Read More »Silver Price Is Artificially Depressed So Take Advantage – Begin Buying Now (+3K Views)
The price of silver is significantly disconnected from its underlying fundamentals and, as such, is undervalued due to the actions of a handful of large speculators in the futures markets. This article identifies 3 such specific examples of such action.
Read More »Gold: Schizophrenia Reigns Supreme – Here’s Why
Gold is in a tough situation right now. It is an enigma and it is suffering from an identity crisis. It does not know whether it wants to be a commodity or a currency...sometimes its price reflects its position as a commodity and other times as a currency. These days gold is struggling with both these roles...and when it decides what it wants to be there will be a price adjustment. I believe that adjustment is coming soon and that it will take the price lower. Here's why.
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