Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models Even after they determine the right ways to use information to delight their customers, managers must address one equally important challenge. They must update decades-old management systems so they can embrace new digital opportunities. The Challenge of Investing in Digital Assets Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light…

Emerging Markets: The ‘Next 11’ and ‘Fragile 5’

Emerging Markets: The ‘Next 11’ and ‘Fragile 5’ “Regardless of the way an investor gains access to the emerging markets, it is important to recognize that different factors such as commodity prices, economic development, and political instability can affect each emerging economy differently …Rather than simply weighting securities based on market value, fundamental strategies weight…

Will Iceland’s Sovereign Money Proposal End Economic Crises?

Will Iceland’s Sovereign Money Proposal End Economic Crises? by Ash Navabi A recent proposal out of Iceland has been making the waves around economics blogosphere. In it, Frosti Sigurjonsson critiques the current fractional-reserve banking system and proposes instead a system he calls “Sovereign Money”. But what is “sovereign money”, how is it different from the current…

The 25 most exciting bitcoin startups

The 25 most exciting bitcoin startups The bitcoin ecosystem has never been more diverse, with multimillion-dollar companies trying to take the digital currency “mainstream” and hackers dreaming up a new blockchain-powered social order. The 25 most ambitious projects out there, taking the basic principles underpinning the decentralised digital currency in the most outlandish — and…

MALTA Aprile 2015, kick off del progetto Metropolis Plaza a Gzira

MALTA Aprile 2015, kick off del progetto Metropolis Plaza a Gzira Questo mese è finalmente partito il cantiere  del Metropolis Plaza a Gzira, un progetto che in 4 anni di lavori cambierà i connotati e l’appealing funzionale ed estetico non solo dell’area di Gzira ma di tutta Malta Un investimento di €100 M per realizzare…

Bitcoin startup Coinbase is launching in the UK

Bitcoin startup Coinbase is launching in the UK Decentralised digital currency Bitcoin has had a tumultuous 2015, kicking off the year with a price drop of 30% in a matter of days. But there has also been an influx of venture capital cash into the space, with Coinbase being one of the key beneficiaries. In…

Death of the US Dollar ???

Death of the US Dollar ??? The US Dollar will eventually die, as all fiat currencies do. But the fact remains that it is the reserve currency of the world. And everyone on the planet has been borrowing in US Dollars for decades, or leveraging up using Dollars. When you borrow in US Dollars you…

Death of the US Dollar ???

Death of the US Dollar ??? The US Dollar will eventually die, as all fiat currencies do. But the fact remains that it is the reserve currency of the world. And everyone on the planet has been borrowing in US Dollars for decades, or leveraging up using Dollars. When you borrow in US Dollars you…

The Changing World of Work: The Eroding Value of Credentials

The Changing World of Work: The Eroding Value of Credentials An entire new feedback loop of accreditation is needed, and fortunately that feedback is within our control: it’s a process I call accredit yourself. Clearly, an entire new feedback loop of accreditation is needed, and fortunately that feedback is within our control: it’s a process I…

Connecting Gold, Lumber and VIX

Connecting Gold, Lumber and VIX Lumber’s sensitivity to housing, a key source of domestic economic growth in the U.S., makes it a unique commodity as it pertains to macro fundamentals and risk-seeking behavior. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Gold, which is distinctive in that it historically exhibits safe-haven properties during periods of…