A great series on China’s Rise on Hulu, video/link below. Watch Episode 5,2, and 1 (in that order).
http://www.hulu.com/china-rises
Episode 5 below follows 3 British entrepreneurs making their millions in China. They experience immense opportunity, unique challenges, and obscure environments. Also interesting to see entire cities dedicated to one product like zippers, underwear, or faucet taps.
Wanted to share a thought provoking page from the 2030 Global Trends Report on potential Black Swans that would cause the greatest disruptive impact to the Global Economy. The full 160 page report is available HERE and given to the US Director of National Intelligence for long term strategy.
Very entertaining and informative video from International Monetary Fund on the growth and future of the Chinese Economy.
Wanted to share this interesting video from WSJ’s new segment “WSJ Money,” which details the worlds most cash rich city: Singapore. The stability of the city-state attracts many tastemakers.
Looks like DUBAI is now a thing of the past
Entertaining profile video below on Elon Musk, which delves into the intricacies of his amazing business endeavors and examines his risk taking.
A stock I have been following for a while, simply because of the HUGE dividend (32%) is YPF, the large Argentinean energy company.
YPF has a very interesting back story, as the government of Argentina recently took over the company. The Argentinean government is basically demanding YPF to use its earnings to develop the country instead of paying dividends to investors.
This fact, in addition to the current oil market, has driven down the stock price to the lowest it has been in 10 years. It is currently at $10.45 with a high EPS of 3.
Very interestingly enough Carlos Slim (wealthiest man in the world) acquired an 8.4% stake today.
Definitely worth taking a look at, and this announcement will most likely boost YPF’s price. Not sure how I feel about it yet. If you are looking for high yield with no government drama, albeit not as high a dividend, check out AGNC which I purchased recently and has done well for me.
I’ve seen a lot of documentaries on Dubai but thought this one stood out. It focuses on the 120,000 English businessmen and women who have traveled to Dubai to find fortune in the country, and its booming real estate market. Video also addresses the credit crunch. Hosted by Piers Morgan.
Having watched the documentary film INSIDE JOB over the weekend it was interesting to stumble upon this video from CNBC. The video below details Goldman’s history and rise in becoming the premiere investment bank on Wall Street. However, it later becomes fairly biased (and redundant in regards to the financial meltdown), but there are some [...]
This article by Worth.com in the link below is a MUST SEE! The top 100 most influential people in finance are listed with a description of their path to power. Also listed are some of the power moves they made to propel their influence. Profiles include Lloyd Blankfeind, Angela Merkel, Warren Buffet, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Rupert [...]
Everyone has heard of Zuckerberg and Gates, but not as much is known about the wealthiest man in the world, Mexican entrepreneur Carlos Slim. In the links below I have included an excellent Wall Street Journal profile, and another link which has an extensive interview on Slim. In the interview, Carlos explains his business model, [...]
Biography’s profile of Tyler Perry. The title pretty much says it all. In my opinion this is one of the best videos Biography has done simply because Perry’s perseverance is so astounding. He had to deal with a physically abusive father and later became broke, living in his car (Just like Robert Kiyosaki). All this [...]
With the New York Times reporting the breaking news that NASA may have found sources of liquid water on Mars, I wanted to highlight serial entrepreneur and Space X CEO Elon Musk (the real life Tony Stark) who wants “Man to be a Multi-Planet Species”. For anyone who has not heard of Musk and his [...]
John Arnold was raised in Dallas, earned a degree from Vanderbilt University in 3 years, and eventually became a trader at Enron in 1995. This alone was impressive, as getting a job at Enron in 1995 was no simple task. Back then the firm only recruited about four economics majors from Vanderbilt each year. Arnold [...]
The below is a great in depth video which analyzes the emotions surrounding decision making regarding money. Throughout the episode, various “social experiments” are conducted, creating somewhat interesting results. There are interviews with business school professors from Harvard, Chicago Booth, Yale and Stanford. Also interviewed are economist Robert Shiller, investor Jeremy Grantham, and many other [...]
