Welcome To The New Startup Nation


The following guest post is by Juan Cartagena, founder and CEO of Traity, which measures people´s personal strengths.  Context: I am from Spain, a country with 25% unemployment and 47% youth...
    






The Metro Areas With The Most Economic Momentum Going Into 2014


America’s economy may be picking up steam, but it remains a story of parts, with the various regions of the country performing in often radically divergent ways. To identify the regions with the most...
    






Why 2014 Could Be An Explosive Year For Japanese Stocks


Source: Bigcharts.com On December 5th, I published an update in which I showed an important resistance level at 16,000 that needed to be broken above for further confirmation of the bull market....
    






Minimum Wage Hike Increased by WCC


It happens to be the highest rate in the entire US. But that is the way things are. Washington City Council took a decision that may have been abrupt yet it was necessary too. The raising of minimum...
    






Japan And Abecomics In 2014: One Chart To Watch


This is all you need to know about Abenomics and the Nikkei 225: We are on the front line between reflation and deflation. The market wants to cross into the territory of growth and expansion, but...
    






Why Did They Call It The "Federal Reserve" System?


One hundred years ago today President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, thus creating the Federal Reserve System, our central bank. It wasn’t called the Bank of the United States, following the...
    






Russia’s Economy Is Decelerating Sharply, But It’s Still Close To Full Employment


Russia’s economy has had a lousy 2013. Estimates of GDP growth have been getting smaller and smaller with each passing week. The current consensus is for full-year growth of 1.4%, but given the...