As you can tell from the graph Average Wage Growth has been muted at 2.0% and Real Median Household Income has went down from $56,000 USD to $52,000 USD from 2009 to 2014, a roughly 7% drop. Furthermore, employment as a function of population (a ratio) has went down meaning the unemployment rate is a… Read More »
Reasons for US Home Sales Being Down Since 2008
The Financial Atomic Bomb Technology that will change the world
Tell people on facebook about this post. To help people who need need/want money. Going from 1.6 cents to $1 dollar (and beyond probably $1000 each too) like bitcoin did (bitcoins went from 1 cent to $1000 dollars in 5 years (This will happen faster though)). Now why? Instant transactions (bitcoins takes 15 – 25… Read More »
Bitshares the Financial Atomic Bomb Technology – How to Imagine It
Imagine a financial exchange that acts as something like a bank where by you put your money there, you get interest to hold your money there, you can then pay like a debit card your purchases of goods, and its like a financial exchange where you can trade currencies, bonds, and stocks. There are other… Read More »
United States Cumulative Rent Growth (GRAPHIC)
I believe this graphic from Zillow is good just in the sense that it says there is a “sizable increase” in rental burdens for people this year. Did San Francisco really go up 13% last year? Probably not but 5 – 7% is reasonable, be skeptical but be aware that the trend is… Read More »
Is a 19% Interest Rate on Russian Government Bonds a good Investment? YES
Think about it Russia is going through a similar state that the United States went through in 1980, sky high inflation, high government expenditures and war (the United States I believe was in War with the Soviets in Afghanistan and the United States was in war with the Soviets in the Cold War). Also US productivity growth… Read More »
An Investment I like: Shipping company A.P. Moller – Maersk (AMKBY)
First off here are the specifics Market Cap: $22.04 Billion USD Dividend Yield: 1.66% a year 52 Week Range per share: $9.24 – $18.00 (your buying it cheap at $10.14 presently) PE: roughly 7*, they are worth $22 billion and they profit $4.5 billion before tax and $3 billon after tax. Why do I like this… Read More »
Is Bitshares Undervalued by 60 times (60x)? YES
I make short posts but I try to be indepth. (As a note its no longer BitsharesX but Bitshares) Now first how come Bitshares (BTS) is so undervalued? Bitshares is worth $34.6 million while Ripple is worth roughly $2 BILLION and they are almost exactly the same. As found here http://coinmarketcap.com/ you can see marketcap . Now understand when… Read More »
A stock run by a billionaire who has made 38% compounded yearly since 1978 meaning $1000 would turn into $100 million
The company is called Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3AIEP&ei=GTKrVOHoJu-1iALtn4CoDg . Run by Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) an American businessman, activist shareholder and investor. He is the majority shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified holding company. This company is great for the following reason 1) It is diversified and an investment company It owns… Read More »
Don Yacktman on the Source of Moats (a companys competitive advantage)
I find this to be a very insightful article about a companys competitive advantage (Moat), it is only 2 minutes long and worthy of a watch.
Wide-Moat Investing Case Studies
This is a very good video which talks about Moat investing (companies competitive advantages). It gives examples.