It’s not often that business matters intersect so directly with ethical discussions, but activist hedge fund JANA Partners wrote a letter to Apple with the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (Caltstrs) earlier this year asking them to become more directly involved in efforts to protect children from the potentially harmful effects of technology and screen… Continue Reading
According to Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, America’s economy is currently looking “pretty good.” However, it is likely that there will soon be a “downturn,” with the economy “certainly dipping into a recession.” In an article written by Troy Tanzy and Daniel Rangel, it was stated: “Core inflation was back above 2% for March,… Continue Reading
With any kind of political tension comes the potential for delay in progression of the achievement of economic goals. At least, that could be the case for decision-making (and deals) between America and China. According to ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer, with America and China’s recent threat to fresh import tariffs, a “quite unique” state of… Continue Reading
When looking at the value of the US economy, which sectors are the most supportive? Where is the best value coming from? And which areas can we be most proud of? In the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACSPA) – a study put together by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in collaboration… Continue Reading
In this video, Mike Maloney and Stefan Molyneux discuss why the US dollar will collapse. Continue Reading
On March 8, women around the world called for more equality for women, with a particular emphasis on wages and rights. Lima Charlie’s recent blog discussed the impact that this will have, with data from the Boston Consulting Group which found that: “between 2010 and 2015, private wealth held by women rose from 34 trillion… Continue Reading
Check out Patrick Bet-David’s latest video on entrepreneurs. On his YouTube channel Valuetainment, Bet-David discusses what he believes to be crucial for success: Intuition, putting money on the right people. See more here. Continue Reading
There has been a definite wave of optimistic records for hedge funds. In particular – according to a recent CNBC report – this has been the case for macro strategies. In the first month of the year they pulled in $6.87 billion. Long/short equity funds have likewise had a good time with $4.16 billion being… Continue Reading
While the beginning of 2017 did not look all that good for the emergence of new hedge funds in Asia, the tables seem to be substantially turning. One of the ways in which they are doing this according to a recent Bloomberg article, is by “striking out on their own.” Examples of this action include:… Continue Reading
Three recent top performing businesses nationwide that will be reviewed in this article include: Newmont Mining Corporation, the Commercial Bank of California and Immunovaccine. The Sustainability Yearbook 2018 (published by RobecoSAM) recently recognized the Newmont Mining Corporation for top level performance in the mining sector. This is the fourth consecutive year the corporation has been… Continue Reading