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Sparking Growth Without Congressional Action

After last year’s U.S. presidential elec-tion, small business optimism spiked at the fastest pace since the Reagan administration. Whatever the personal political views of American small busi-ness owners, they saw a silver lining in the election result: a likely turn from the previous administration’s regulatory strategy that could make their

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Sparking Growth Without Congressional Action  

Sparking Growth Without Congressional Action   After last year’s U.S. presidential election, small business optimism spiked at the fastest pace since the Reagan administration.  Whatever the personal political views of American small business owners, they saw a silver lining in the election result: a likely turn from the previous administration’s regulatory

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Beyond Bitcoin

Last week we wrote a simple introduc-tion to digital currencies, describing the motivation of their creators, the tech-nologies that underlie them, and some of the pitfalls that may be waiting for speculators. A lot of readers found the piece helpful; if you haven’t seen it, please feel free to request

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What is Beyond Bitcoin?

Beyond Bitcoin  Last week we wrote a simple introduction to digital currencies, describing the motivation of their creators, the technologies that underlie them, and some of the pitfalls that may be waiting for speculators.  A lot of readers found the piece helpful; if you haven’t seen it, please feel free

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What Are Digital Currencies — And What Do They Mean For Gold? 

What Are Digital Currencies — And What Do They Mean For Gold? Bitcoin is in the news, once again driven by a price spike that makes speculators and would-be speculators start counting their unhatched chickens.  This time, the granddaddy digital currency has competitors — “altcoins” — which are also attracting

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Chip Wars and the Race for Artificial Intelligence

Chip Wars and the Race for Artificial Intelligence Radical transformation is coming in many fields of human culture and endeavor.  No, this is not just boilerplate praise of ongoing incremental technological innovation.  The only way to grasp the magnitude and significance of these incipient changes is to imagine yourself living

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Saudi Arabia’s Bid for Transformation: Can It Work?

Saudi Arabia’s Bid for Transformation:  Can It Work? Saudi Arabia has troubles.  Our regular readers have heard us discuss them often, especially in the wake of the dramatic decline in the price of oil between mid-2014 and the beginning of 2016. Countries whose economy relies predominantly on oil and other

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May 26, 2017

https://vimeo.com/219169472 Rudi von Abele summarizes the global markets    

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Video Games Rocket Ahead in 2017

Video Games Rocket Ahead in 2017 The four largest “pure-play” video game companies have been star stock-market performers in 2017: Activision Blizzard [NASDAQ: ATVI], Electronic Arts [NASDAQ: EA], Take Two Interactive [NASDAQ:  TTWO], and Tencent [Hong Kong: 700HK].  (Tencent is not technically a pure play, but does earn about half

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April 28, 2017

https://vimeo.com/215274835   Monty Guild summarizes the week of April 28, 2017 Global Markets.

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