Inflation can eat up your savings and plans for the future. However, you can take steps to protect yourself from inflation. Consider these tips to protect your finances: Understand purchasing power. Purchasing power refers to your…
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What Impacts Gasoline Prices?
Why do gas prices seem to fluctuate wildly from week to week? From the viewpoint of the average consumer, it doesn’t make sense. How can a commodity product increase its price over such a short…
What are the Problems of Distributive Trade?
Defining distributive trade Distributive trade is one of the fundamental pillars of modern economic systems. This type of trading involves distributing goods and services to all members of a particular group or community. It has…
Difference Between US Economic Law and European Economic Law
The definition of economic law There is no single definition of economic law, as economics encompasses many different areas of study. However, at its core, economic law refers to the principles and theory behind producing,…
4 Green Investing Tips
Green Investing Helps The Environment The environmental future of our planet is uncertain. To better understand, some investors are interested in “Green Investing” – looking for ways to invest in environmentally friendly companies and help…
Is a Savings Account Still Worth It
You’re probably not saving your money with a financial institution in vain. After all, they pay very little interest, to begin with, and it can be difficult for them to do any better than that,…
Focus On Business Basics
When assessing a business for acquisition or turnaround, focus on six basics – Management, Assets, Strategy, Revenue, Costs, and Potential synergies/M&A. What might look good on a spreadsheet or a presentation often fails one…
Are We Pushing The Edge on Corporate Debt?
Leveraged loans, covenant-lite agreements, and historically low-interest rates and defaults gave us a frothy corporate debt market. An economic downturn could be crushing weak banks/FI’s, investors, and companies on edge. The article by Fortune…
What is Socialism? Well – it may not be what you think…
Socialism is an economic system based on government control of the means and outputs of production – usually through regulation or ownership. Practically, “socialism” runs on a continuum from government regulation to internalizing externalities through…
Global Economics
The ability to have free trade in goods and services helps more than it hurts. The global economic powers must help that negatively affected transition, but the world is better when goods and services, instead…