Do not buy tickets to Mars – it will disappoint.

Do not buy tickets to Mars – it will disappoint.

Tesla’s taken a bit of spanking this week in 10% volatile up/down market. Maybe it was the $5 bln cheeky stock sale, or long-term holder Baillie Gifford taking profits? Does that mean it’s now a “buy”? If you think so – shouldn’t you have gone back to school this...
Visualizing the Social Media Universe in 2020

Visualizing the Social Media Universe in 2020

  Social media has seeped into virtually all aspects of modern life. The vast social media universe collectively now holds 3.8 billion users, representing roughly 50% of the global population. With an additional billion internet users projected to come online in the...
Tech Workers Are Living the American Dream—in Canada

Tech Workers Are Living the American Dream—in Canada

  The short-sighted immigration policies of the US administration is driving top talent north of the border. Canada’s immigration policy is hardly warm and fuzzy. On the contrary, it’s icily calculating. The government loves educated, elite newcomers,...
When Irrational is Rational

When Irrational is Rational

  A bubble market is one where the “whatever-you-want-to-believe” forces overcome well-grounded common sense, causing story stocks to head off on ballistic parabolas. (The clue to how it usually ends is in the words ballistic and parabola.) Even the few stocks that...
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

  We live in interesting, though not unprecedented, times. The Roaring 1920s could be a precedent for the Roaring 2020s. The good news is that the bad news during the previous precedent was followed by the Roaring 20s. So far, the 2020s has started with the pandemic,...
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