The lack of vision
This week’s review: the sound of alarm bells for Greece and the Euro zone, Mean Street attack on Wall Street, and the Battle of the value of the Chinese Yuan. These are the dominant themes of this time and none of it resonates a positive tone of voice. There are big concerns. Behind all these [...]
The deadly mix and the volcano that may burst!
Fraud! Finally, the bad word has been said. Goldman Sachs has committed fraud by hiding bad mortgages in hedge funds. This it has willingly done, according to the SEC (the Ministry of Economic Affairs), so it is fraud! Shareholders would have lost 1 billion U.S. dollars in the fall of 2008. Is this really fraud? [...]
What has not yet happened, is still to come!
It is so long ago that the financial crisis blew as a storm over the world. The human memory is short and the renewed confidence gives wings to reach new higher highs in global markets. The fatalism of the human mind still asks for an explanation. Does this crisis have a reason? Do we have [...]
Contrast in time: the currency clash
Contrast: opposites! There are always periods of time where differences between people grow and decline. The wave movements of time are described my book “Master of Time”.
We are now in a moment of time in which contract grows to a climax. We see that on the global stage on many fronts happening right now. [...]
Those who have the knowledge are the new power elite!
In the late 80s Alvin Toffler wrote a renowned book about the new power elite. A wonderful work in which the central theme is ‘power’.
Power has for centuries been linked to the use of force. Mao Tse Dong (Chinese leader1893-1976) related power to the use of force. Power comes from the barrel of a [...]
How those in a dilemma have to be agile
The focus on Greece is completely gone and so investors can again focus on other things. Greece is 1.7% of the total European economy. The impact on the Euro is therefore not really big.
Loans have been provided to Greece and the interventions in the economy are apparently enough for the European government leaders. End of [...]
With friends like these, you do not need enemies
Many things happened this week on the world political stage. We take the major events of this week into account, and tell you about the 4 most important.
Let’s start with the visit of the Dalia Lama to the U.S. Praise went this week to the Dalai Lama and his peaceful struggle to liberate the people [...]
