The Looming Trade War With China « Great Speculations – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Trade, Bottom Line, China, Corporations, Diplomatic Pressure, End Result, Forbes, Google, Governments, Lead, Recession, Speculations, Trade War, Ugly

The bottom line is that corporations are finding it much more difficult and costly to make a buck in China. Others may follow Google’s lead and leave the country entirely. Or, they may complain to their governments to apply diplomatic pressure. The end result could be an ugly trade war, which would hurt all parties [...]

Russia May Be a BRIC, But It’s Really a PIG « Great Speculations – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in February 14th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, AIDS, Bric, Decades, Diseases, Environmental Issues, Forbes, Hiv, Hiv Aids Epidemic, Murray Feshbach, National Calamity, Physical Health, Pig, Population Health, Proportions, Russia, Russian Population, Soviet Union, Speculations, Tragedy, Washington Post

The physical health of Russia is deteriorating at a rapid if not scary rate. Murray Feshbach of the Washington Post had this to say:
This is a tragedy of huge proportions – but not a particularly surprising one, at least to me. I followed population, health and environmental issues in the Soviet Union for decades, and [...]

How To Profit From An Inefficient Market – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in February 14th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Investing, 12 Months, Amp, Earnings Momentum, Explanations, Forbes, Gold Bonds, Holding Period, Index Fund, Inefficient Market, Investment Strategy, Momentum Trading, Mutual Fund, Narasimhan, Phenomenon, Portfolio Formation, Sheridan Titman, Stocks, Substantial Evidence, Time Lag, Trading Strategies

In fact, this pattern occurs so frequently that research by Narasimhan Jegadeesh and Sheridan Titman found that by applying an investment strategy to the momentum phenomenon, investors could earn returns of about 1% per month, which is a significant premium to the standard market results. This analysis has been found in over 40 markets globally [...]

Russia building arms plants in Venezuela – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Venezuela, Ak 103, Andean Nation, Automatic Rifles, Contracts, Forbes, Military Helicopters, moscow, Plants, Russia, Venezuela

Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK-103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalizing contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation, Moscow’s envoy to Venezuela saidMonday.
Russia building arms plants in Venezuela – Forbes.com

‘Going Muslim’ – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in November 9th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Islam, 60 Million, Arabic Speakers, Colleagues, Enormity, Father Zakaria Botros, Fellow Americans, Forbes, Fort Hood, Fr, Freedom Of Speech, Going Postal, Guns, Islamic Countries, Malik Hasan, Man Of The Year, Michael Coren Show, Muslim, Muslims, Nice People, Nidal, Orthodox Priest, Osama Bin Laden, Phenomenon, Phrase, Postal Worker, Religion, Time Magazine, True Muslim, U S Army, Violence Against, Violent Rage, World Magazine Article

“Going postal” is a piquant American phrase that describes the phenomenon of violent rage in which a worker–archetypically a postal worker–”snaps” and guns down his colleagues.As the enormity of the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan sinks in, we must ask whether we are confronting a new phenomenon of violent rage, one we might dub–disconcertingly–”Going [...]

Armageddon Time – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in October 23rd, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Armageddon Time, Bottom Line, Cataclysm, Cia, Dangerous Period, Decades, Forbes, Historian Robert, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Military Historian, Nuclear War, Period Of Time, Robert Baer, Victor Davis Hanson, War In The Middle East

Military historian Victor Davis Hanson and former CIA field officer Robert Baer think there is about a 50% chance that Israel will attack Iran within the next 6 months.
If Israel does attack Iran then I think there is an excellent chance that this could lead to nuclear war in the Middle East. But it might [...]

UN: Russia must adapt to shrinking population – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in October 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, 6 Million, Aging Population, Economic Growth, Forbes, Immigrants, Influx, Labor Shortages, Russia Population, Russia S Population, Shrinking Population, United Nations

Russia’s population has fallen by 6.6 million since 1993, despite the influx of millions of immigrants, a United Nations report said Monday, and by 2025 the country could lose a further 11 million people.
The result could be labor shortages, an aging population and slower economic growth, the U.N. said.
UN: Russia must adapt to shrinking population [...]

India’s China Problem – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in August 15th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, India, 1970s, Arch Rival, Asian Nations, beijing, China Problem, Chini, Delusions, Forbes, Former Prime Minister, Game, Notion, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistan, Prime Minister Nehru, Rival India, Slogan, terror, Ties

India, generally acknowledged as the weaker of the two, has tried to maintain cordial ties, often following former Prime Minister Nehru’s “Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai” slogan, promoting the notion that the two Asian nations are brothers. Beijing, for its part, has been under no such delusions, playing a hard game. In the middle of the 1970s, it [...]

Martyr To A Russian Dream – Forbes.com

Posted by Matt in July 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Beatings, Blogged, Career, Flock Browser, Forbes, Lead, Martyr, Oligarchs, Paul Klebnikov, Russia, Russian Dream, Shocks

Paul Klebnikov was murdered because he went after corrupt oligarchs and other bad characters who stood in the way of a better, more enlightened Russia.
The murder of Paul Klebnikov five years ago still shocks today. Paul was the founding editor of Forbes Russia, assuming this post after a long, distinguished career with Forbes itself. He [...]