FinanceA Ponzi scheme in New Martinsville WV seems to have included nearly 800 victims who have been bilked out of tens of millions of dollars. More than 500 of the victims were West Virginians, about 150 Ohioans, and several from other states. Several of the victims are older individuals and middle earnings folks who came in to some funds through the current improvement of shale gas in the places near the Ohio river such as Wetzel, Tyler, Marshall, Pleasants, Wood, Ritchie, Doddridge, and other counties.

p. 5. Fama-French. Perhaps to discover a profit opportunity both talent AND luck are necessary. Suppose talent is about equal for the Wall Street wizards. Luck in any given year is not. Each and every year, a different mutual fund would do effectively, but all the wizards would get the exact same pay (if nothing at all else is going on). They are all highly …

FinanceIn a continent beset by several crises, Greece remains the cradle of European dysfunction. The country may have dropped out of the headlines in recent months, its multiple challenges seemingly buried beneath a tide of bailout cash. However it still presents the greatest danger to the survival of the eurozone. That is because Greece’s circumstances oblige the eurozone to do some thing it has so far appeared incapable of carrying out, except below situations of extreme economic tension: take a collective political selection.

Provided the way things are going, technological advancements, outsourcing and structural changes to the economy & industries may put us out of function in the next decade or significantly less. Even if we are willing to move countries to pursue jobs, it would only delay the inevitable by an additional decade at most. Or we will just determine to quit perform early from getting burnt out, tired …