In Crime and Punishment, the Russian student Raskolnikov kills a pawnbroker to test his Nietzschean hypothesis that certain people transcend morality and therefore have the right to commit murder. In Albert Camus’s novel, The Stranger, Meursault confiscates a revolver from his friend Raymond with the ostensible purpose of preventing Raymond from doing anything impulsive with the weapon. Meursault then proceeds […]
REUTERS/Juan Carlos UlateThat’s a big bull.See AlsoHere’s What 14 Top Wall Street Strategists Are Saying About The Stock Market In 2014Bank Of America Economist Torpedoes One Of The Main Arguments For Impending InflationGERARD MINACK: 3 Words Explain Why Stocks Are No Longer Sensitive To Economic SurprisesThe 2013 mega-rally in the stock market caught Wall Street’s top forecasters completely by surprise.
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REUTERS/Juan Carlos UlateThat’s a big bull.See AlsoHere’s What 14 Top Wall Street Strategists Are Saying About The Stock Market In 2014Bank Of America Economist Torpedoes One Of The Main Arguments For Impending InflationGERARD MINACK: 3 Words Explain Why Stocks Are No Longer Sensitive To Economic SurprisesThe 2013 mega-rally in the stock market caught Wall Street’s top forecasters completely by surprise.
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U.S. stocks spun their wheels for the most part Friday, with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ registering small losses in a day of quiet trading and limited volatility. The Dow lost one point (or just 1 basis point) for the day, bringing its gain for the week to 1.6%, roughly half the prior week’s gain. The S&P 500 lost […]
Power to forgive: Mandela’s death and the Babri demolition anniversary
In India by the time we woke up to news of Nelson Mandela’s death it was already 6 December. For us that day marks a different anniversary. […]
Snoopgate: Why an inquiry commission won’t solve Modi’s problem
It is worth recalling that the Modi government’s record in the matter of setting up commissions is a dubious one.
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While it’s great fun and can be extremely rewarding to play the stock market (our own tips have performed pretty well as well), the main function of the stock market is to allocate capital.The joint stock company with public listing of shares started in our native Amsterdam at the beginnings of the 17th century, and it was clearly a very […]
