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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Corporations Join Droves Renouncing US Citizenship

Corporations Join Droves Renouncing US Citizenship

Submitted by Nick Giambruno via Casey Research’s International Man blog,

Don’t be surprised to lose if you don’t make an effort at being competitive.

And if you go out of your way to make yourself less competitive, expect to lose.

If that sounds like simple common sense, that’s because it is.

But it’s also exactly what the US has been doing for years—enacting tax policies that sabotage its global economic competitiveness.

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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on A Rare Glimpse Inside The NY Fed’s Favorite ‘Quote-Stuffing’ Hedge Fund: Citadel

A Rare Glimpse Inside The NY Fed’s Favorite ‘Quote-Stuffing’ Hedge Fund: Citadel

As regular readers are well aware, when it comes to more than arms length” equity market intervention in New Normal markets, the New York Fed’s preferred “intermediary” of choice to, how should one say, boost investor sentiment aka “protect from a plunge“, is none other than Chicago HFT powerhouse, Citadel.

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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Recovery? 3 "Uncomfortable Truth" Charts

Recovery? 3 "Uncomfortable Truth" Charts

Presented with little comment aside to suggest one scratch beneath the thinning veneer of record nominal stock prices every once in a while to take the temperature of the ugly reality that no one is talking about…

 

1) Stocks are at record highs because global growth is ‘improving’…

 

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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Moral hazard: If you are not taking socially excessive risks, you aren’t doing your job

Moral hazard: If you are not taking socially excessive risks, you aren’t doing your job

Tyler Cowen recently quoted from a paper by Cheng, Raina and Xiong (in the AER) on the banking crisis:

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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Early Retirement: You Might Not Need as Much as You Think

Early Retirement: You Might Not Need as Much as You Think

A realistic picture of what a “happy” retirement is might surprise you.

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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US Foreign Policy Then & Now (In 1 Cartoon)

US Foreign Policy Then & Now (In 1 Cartoon)

What a difference a year makes…

 

 

Source: KAL via The Economist

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30 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 6 Financial Moves to Prevent Sleepless Nights

6 Financial Moves to Prevent Sleepless Nights

If you worry about money after the streetlights come on, these actions may help you rest easier.

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