This summary we did back in 2004 resurfaced recently. It’s still relevant and a useful summary of the system change that might be …
Category:3 The World of Money
How to Invest in Stocks
It has long been known by investment analysts that optimising risk and return (which is their job) is achieved by tracking the market. Experienced managers, analysts and data all consistently say that, if you want to invest in the stock market buy the index. And hold it. Young bucks, and old, would like to beat …
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Bitcoin: the World’s first decentralised Ponzi scheme by David Webb
This article by David Webb is insightful and brief. You may have no interest in Bitcoin, however, his observations are relevant to banking and the financial system. For me, one conclusion is that it is immoral to support (buy) bitcoin, on the level of gambling, and, if you understand it as a pyramid scheme, morally …
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The Blue Economy
Here’s a nice 6 minute video that puts us in the picture. The big picture. It’s not the whole story, but its brief and is a super introduction and a refresher for old hands.. We are past the point of stopping disruption. It was 15 oC this evening. (Ireland, December) 13 oC would be OK, …
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Our Suicide is Painless
Yesterday was an unusual day filled with seemingly inane chores that had to be done. I was arriving back home in the afternoon with groceries for guests and planned to turn the hay. I drove past a field adjacent to our where a tractor was spraying and turned in to the drive to be greeted …
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Time is running out: Behind the curve on SDGs
SustainAblility and Globescan’s recent survey of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals is not encouraging. Over 500 experts contributed. The consensus is that progress and attention is lagging the need for change. If data is restricted to those with a decade or more of experience the picture is worse. Progress is dominated by social entrepreneurs …
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Where the world is going, today.
If you are an expert in your field you have a good idea of what is going on in that area. That’s how you make a living. Most of us express views about news and events that are outside our area of expertise especially if we think that they might effect us in some way, …
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Snack Food Slavery: We’re all enjoying it.
What? Not me. No way! Slavery is bad. Yeah, but … you’re still part of the problem. We all are. Here’s a piece of the big picture puzzle: Soda and chips … sugars and fats … vegetable oil … palm oil … slaves and rain forest exploitation. That food chain is run by big companies, …
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Investing your portfolio: Where are the customers’ yachts?
The wife of a successful entrepreneur once remarked to me that she had pointed out to her husband that there will always be someone else with a bigger yacht in the marina. She was hinting that it’s fine to work, but there’s a point at which you ought to stop and spend a bit of …
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Global perspectives: Technology, Growth, Money, Politics and what to invest in
The Long Term We’re talking 20 years or so here. In 20 years we’ll be facing Big Stuff. Climate change, weather volatility, species loss, clean air, clean water, … that whole environment thing will be getting much more serious and everyone will be dealing with it in some way or another. I’m hoping it’ll make …
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