5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: How to declare your financial independence
NewsWatch: How to declare your financial independence
It’s the 4th of July weekend. What better time to talk about a few ways that could help boomers declare their financial independence?
5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on For All The Bond Bears Banking On Inflation
For All The Bond Bears Banking On Inflation
It’s common sense – everyone knows that interest rates are going to rise (how can they fall any lower?) Inflation will come back (because the Fed said so), economic growth will flourish (because the Fed said so), and longer-term bond yields will surge in a bond-bull-destroying renaissance proving stock market speculators right all along. Except that isn’t what history shows us… When a central bank dominates the domestic bond market, all bets are off (whether economically rational or not).
5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Scary Supplier Practices of Apple and Samsung
The Scary Supplier Practices of Apple and Samsung
No overtime pay, kids handling chemicals, and a lack of smoke detectors are a few workplace issues.
5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Who Will Win the Tug-of-War Between Amazon and Book Publishers?
Who Will Win the Tug-of-War Between Amazon and Book Publishers?
Amazon can win in the short term by extracting higher margins from publishers, but might suffer in the long run as publishers seek other alternatives. In the book industry Barnes & Noble and Scholastic Corporation have been overlooked.
5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Taliban Sets 400 ‘NATO-Supplying’ Oil Tankers Ablaze In Afghanistan
Taliban Sets 400 ‘NATO-Supplying’ Oil Tankers Ablaze In Afghanistan
With the “Islamic State” grabbing all the headlines, it appears the Taliban have had enough. As Reuters reports, Taliban insurgents set fire on Saturday to about 400 oil tanker trucks supplying fuel for NATO forces in an attack just outside the Afghan capital Kabul, police said. It was unclear how the fire was started. Some Afghan media reported that insurgents had fired rockets at the tankers late on Friday.
5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The 4 Most Important S&P 500 Stocks of the Past 16 Years
The 4 Most Important S&P 500 Stocks of the Past 16 Years
As the S&P 500 approaches a milestone of its own, we take a look back at the key stocks that have pulled it higher.
5 July, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Austrian Economics Vs Clueless Trolls
Austrian Economics Vs Clueless Trolls
Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog,
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi
Bloomberg Releases an Unqualified Smear – A Good Sign?