April, who like so many insureds fail to understand the importance of protecting themselves properly, not that they are to blame, but the a...
The Problem With Offshore Banks
Many people have heard that old saw. But it's no longer accurate. The best way to rob a bank is to control a government... any old gove...
What Would Negative Rates Mean for You?
It used to be that you worked hard, saved your money, and then when you retired, you lived off the interest of your savings. Today, global ...
The Smartest Ways You Can Invest Your Money
Everyone should think about the answers to those questions, because there comes a time when money will be needed and some people will reali...
A Valeant Update: Damaged Goods or Deeply Discounted Drug Company?
Rats get a bad rap for fleeing sinking ships. After all, given that survival is the strongest evolutionary impulse and that rats are...
January 2017 Data Update 10: The Pricing Game!
It's taken me a while to get here, but in this, the last of my ten posts looking at publicly traded companies globally, I look at pricin...
Explaining a Paradox: Why Good (Bad) Companies can be Bad (Good) Investments!
In nine posts, stretched out over almost two months, I have tried to describe how companies around the world make investments, finance them ...