14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on On Venezuela’s Death Spiral
On Venezuela’s Death Spiral
Authored by Steve H. Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University. Follow him on Twitter @Steve_Hanke.
With the arrival of President Hugo Chávez in 1999, Venezuela embraced Chavismo, a form of Andean socialism. In 2013, Chávez met the Grim Reaper, and Nicolás Maduro assumed Chávez’ mantle.
The Grim Reaper has also taken scythe to the Venezuelan bolivar. The death of the bolivar is depicted in the following chart. A bolivar is worthless.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on CFTC Commitments of Traders: Yen shorts at the smallest since December
CFTC Commitments of Traders: Yen shorts at the smallest since December
Forex futures net speculative positions as of the close of business on Tuesday April 11, 2017
– EUR short 19K vs 11K short last week. Shorts increase by 8K
– GBP short 106K vs 100K short last week. Shorts increase by 6K
Yen shorts:
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on This is how Trump distracts you
This is how Trump distracts you
Through his tweets, speeches and interviews Donald Trump has perfected the art of distraction. CNN’s Tom Kludt dives into how President Trump turns criticisms aimed his way right back at his detractors, and what that means for the media covering him.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Dish’s Sling TV Economics Don’t Add Up
Dish’s Sling TV Economics Don’t Add Up
If it wasn’t for Sling TV, Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) would be bleeding subscribers. Instead, the streaming linear TV service has attracted over 1 million subscribers, helping Dish tread water with its overall subscriber numbers. At the end of 2016, Dish reported 13.67 million subscribers across its traditional satellite business and Sling TV. That’s down 310,000 or so from two years ago, right before Dish launched Sling TV, but consider how much worse it would be without Sling TV.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on White House is going to start keeping secret the names of most people who visit
White House is going to start keeping secret the names of most people who visit
A White House official acknowledged that the administration will likely face criticism for a lack of transparency.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Top 5 Biggest Mutual Funds of 2017
Top 5 Biggest Mutual Funds of 2017
Vanguard takes top billing again in 2017 when it comes to supersized mutual funds. Here’s our list of the rest of the top 5 largest.
14 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Paperchain: Does the Music Industry Need a Blockchain?
Paperchain: Does the Music Industry Need a Blockchain?
There are specific instances where a blockchain may be practical and others where it is not. It’s important to realize that reliance on a blockchain in its current state of development — particularly mission critical functions — is a pipe-dream due to blockchain’s lack of enterprise scale. Source: Does the Music Industry Need a Blockchain? – Paperchain