NZME: A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes?
NZME has a huge presence on the Kiwi media landscape, but it has been written off because of slumping profits. Is it about to make a dramatic comeback?
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A Profitable Niche: Is This Business Too Good to Ignore?
Studies show the most probable way to achieve early retirement: you should start, get involved with, or buy into a business that has a profitable niche.
A Trade War Win Won’t Boost the U.S. Economy Enough
Is Donald Trump about to declare victory in the trade war? Don’t be too happy about it. We haven’t seen any benefit to the economy just yet.
The Berlin Wall Was One of the Dumbest Experiments in Economic History
The Berlin Wall was designed to cut the East off from the West. It was a disaster. Here’s why it all went wrong for the communists.
Interest Rate Surprise Highlights the Real Risk
In an unexpected move, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has kept the OCR interest rate fixed at 1%. What does this mean for the Kiwi economy?
Fed Interference Hinders Americans’ Happiness
Thomas Jefferson believed that the secret to American happiness was non-interference in the affairs of others. How are we faring so far?
SoftBank’s Fall Foreshadows More Business Collapses to Come
The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has run into serious turbulence. Here’s why this issue is just a prelude of something much worse.
Consistently Spending More Than a Nation Can Afford Causes Its Fall
America won’t be the first nation ruined by a corrupt elite, runaway spending, and a too-powerful military. The formula is classic.
Universal Basic Income: Liberals Versus Conservatives
How you feel about Universal Basic Income largely comes down to where you happen to sit on the political spectrum — liberal or conservative.
Building Out a Retire-Early Portfolio of Wealth
Want to form a lasting bond with people? Talk to them about their health, their kids or their wealth. This is the opening you need.
Are You Investing Big or Blind?
Don’t forget the world is a big place. There could be better opportunities for you out there. Investing globally instead of just locally is a good idea.
Trump Shouldn’t Take Credit for the Last Few Quarters of Economic Expansion
Everybody loves an economic expansion. Probably none more so than Trump. But is he actually overreaching by taking credit for it?
How to Buy a Home for $10,000
Right now, I smell the start of another potential revolution. Millennials are looking for new, innovative ways to solve their housing crisis.
The European Central Bank Is an Aggressive Manipulator
A central banker should be passive…unnoticeable…and immovable, like a rock…dumb and reliable. But the European Central Bank is breaking all these rules.
This Year’s Winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics Didn’t Deserve It
The Nobel Prize receives a great deal of press and attention. But is it really all that it’s cracked up to be? Here’s why this year’s winners are overrated.