Anes Alic

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• Billions Of Dollars Are Flooding Into The Flying Taxi Space

  Published 16 January 2020 | viewed 1,015 times

  In the 1940s, Henry Ford regaled us with this little fantastical gem: “Mark my words – a combination aeroplane and motor car is coming…You may…

• Startups Are Dying To Give You A Better Death

  Published 15 January 2020 | viewed 694 times

  “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” no longer.  This phrase, generally used during burial ceremonies, suggests that every life will one day come to an…

• The Banking Bonanza Is Just Getting Started

  Published 14 January 2020 | viewed 986 times

  After a disappointing start to the year--the sector’s favorite benchmark, SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), was down 1.3% YTD vs. a 1.64% gain by the…

• Why A Strong Yuan Is A Promising Sign For The Trade War

  Published 10 January 2020 | viewed 918 times

  With Beijing appearing to have stopped manipulating the Chinese currency, chances of a US-China trade deal seeing the light of day have increased significantly. The…

• What Would You Sacrifice For A Debt-Free Life?

  Published 09 January 2020 | viewed 1,168 times

  With a total of $13.21 trillion in debt, shared among 300 million people, or some $137,063 in debt per household, Americans still aren’t willing to…

• How Fractional Trading Is Democratizing the Stock Markets

  Published 07 January 2020 | viewed 1,508 times

  Perhaps you have at some point toyed with the idea of buying cult stocks like Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:BKNG) or even Berkshire…

• These Oil Stocks Are Soaring As Middle East Risk Explodes

  Published 03 January 2020 | viewed 1,447 times

  Oil prices gained $3 overnight, but there is a lineup of stocks benefitting from the fear premium following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the head…

• Russia Unplugged: Cyber Control And Censorship

  Published 01 January 2020 | viewed 1,062 times

  Russia claims to now be digitally sovereign, with a dash of censorship, Kremlin-style.  Russia is reported to have successfully implemented its so-called digital sovereignty bill,…

• Trash To Treasure: $100,000 Per Year From Looting Other People's Garbage

  Published 22 December 2019 | viewed 1,543 times

  In the 1980s, dumpster diving emerged to the point that it became a bit of an art as a response to rampant consumerism and massive…

• Mormon Church Accused Of Building $100 Billion Portfolio Using Charity Funds

  Published 19 December 2019 | viewed 3,357 times

  The easiest way to avoid paying taxes is to form a religious organization. But be careful what you do in the age of whistleblowers.  A…

• Smart Money Is Getting Increasingly Nervous

  Published 17 December 2019 | viewed 3,412 times

  Could it be that stock markets are catching on to the fleeting nature of tweeting, or is there something bigger at play here as the…

• Investors Apprehension Makes $3,000 Gold Seem Feasible

  Published 13 December 2019 | viewed 1,761 times

  For the first three quarters of this year, gold peaked with an almost 25% gain more than double the rise of the S&P 500 at…

• Beijing Just Turned Up The Heat In The Tech War

  Published 12 December 2019 | viewed 1,169 times

  The U.S.-China trade war is a moving target that is part trade war and part tech cold war that’s heating up to the point that…

• $120,000 Banana Gets Eaten At Art Basel

  Published 10 December 2019 | viewed 964 times

  If there was ever an altruistic reason to put your money into someone’s GoFundMe campaign, it should be “the banana man”--until you dig below the…

• How To Spy On Yourself: The Doorbell To End Civil Liberties

  Published 08 December 2019 | viewed 1,291 times

  Turf wars, or battles over jurisdiction, are the bane of America’s police, intelligence and security agencies.  Something as benign as a doorbell is now throwing…

• Twitter-Shaming: The Biggest Threat To Any Business

  Published 05 December 2019 | viewed 1,355 times

  Plenty of people saw the now-disputed Peloton Christmas commercial at least a dozen times and saw nothing wrong with it. But it only takes one…

• 5 Oligopoly Stock Picks For Your 2020 Portfolio

  Published 26 November 2019 | viewed 2,176 times

  For many index investors, the art of stock picking is an exercise in futility given that most stock pickers tend to lag the market. While…

• Retail Is Alive And Well, But Only For The Rich

  Published 25 November 2019 | viewed 1,921 times

  A decade ago, with the majority of stores exiting, Euclid Square Mall in Ohio was temporarily used by religious congregations who held services in abandoned…

• 5 Stocks That Surpassed Earnings Expectations

  Published 24 November 2019 | viewed 1,214 times

  The trade war and the eternal back-and-forth over a deal or no deal may be dragging down economic data, while brick-and-mortar retail was already getting…

• Male Stress Increases With Female Earnings

  Published 23 November 2019 | viewed 1,048 times

  One of the frequent subjects of debate at those thrilling annual anthropological seminars is the origin of chivalry and gender equality. It is said to…