Since leaving the Euro would be equivalent to a sovereign default anyway (and treated as such by the markets), and would have much worse...
Switzerland is your only real choice for all those 3 things. Other alternatives fail on one of the 3 qualities you mention. Monaco and Singapore...
Knowing something is a bubble gives you a big advantage, because you can then be nearly certain that a massive fall will eventually occur.
Simple questions, answer in the category you fit into
I've been to both HK and the mainland (Shanghai) actually. Yes, there are of course many collaborators with oppression, as there were in Nazi...
MohdSalleh, do you think these Chinese people lauded the government who did this to them? {note - rather gruesome images}
You mean like this guy? [img]
As it happens, I will be emigrating in 3-4 months to a nice sunny residence further south by the Mediterranean, where I will pay a marginal tax...
Even if they hadn't been mis-priced, he would have made 10-20 times his money. That wouldn't have been possible with outrights.
Bear put spread.
How about executing the real crooks in China - the dictatorial commie government.
Here's another thing that puzzles me about religion. Let's make the giant leap of faith necessary to even contemplate the existence of a creator....
I wonder how a purchase of the Dow at the 1929 peak would have done 30 years later, compared to a checking account. Or a purchase of the nasdaq at...
100 years ago people like you were bemoaning the loss of jobs caused by factory automation. Strangely, despite a century of relentless...
Incredible - a country where 50% of the population is clinincally obese, and they subsidize food?
I guess I don't understand why porking someone should be any more likely to cause corruption and nepotism than sharing their political views,...
I think on this thread, given the importance of the subject, it's best stick to influential media, not anonymous tin foil hat/conspiracy theory...
Ah, the venerable "first cause" argument, favourite of freshers' week undergrad logic courses. The universe exists, and nothing can exist without...
Yeah exactly. The only legit comparison is to look at a basket of investments and see its performance over each 5-20 year time horizon over the...
Is this the same John Paulson who held onto his entire CDS positions when the ABX rallied 50% in his face in spring 2007? So much for deferring to...
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