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Category Archives: Private enterprise
Such an utter twit!
During the past few weeks I have become a total twit. True, Roald Dahl’s or Monty Python’s idiotic characters have made me laugh or inspired me in many different ways. But, I decided that it was time to stop fooling … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Caribbean, Digital age, Economics, Financial markets, Human relationships, Internet, Life styles, Media, News, Parenting, Politics, Private enterprise, Social Media, Technology, Writing
Tagged African Cup of Nations, Australian Open tennis, Foreign exchange trading, Freedom of information, Monty Python, Roald Dahl, The Economist, The Twits, Twitter
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Write on!
I had lunch last week with a friend who is a publisher-editor. We do this occasionally at one of the cheap and cheerful small restaurants near his office. We do not have any specific agenda and usually talk about several … Continue reading
Trader’s Friday Fun
We should all understand that foreign exchange trading is not a get-rich-quick activity: money will not fall from the sky into our laps. It’s not a game, but a business. It’s hard, but, literally could be a rewarding part of life’s … Continue reading
Friday 13th, full moons, and trading heebee-jeebees
A respected professional trader makes a point of alerting people that trading is a hard way to make a living. I have no hesitation in agreeing with him. I will expand on this in a future post. I am not … Continue reading
Can you trust your eyes? What trading can teach you.
Honestly, I have been wanting to write about this topic for a few days. I hesitated earlier in the week as I pondered how my trading week was going to play out: I was due to attend a conference and … Continue reading
Don’t promise what you will not deliver
I will keep this short and try not to rant. I keep getting rankled by people making promises that they then fail to keep. I am not concerned about the lofty ideals or lowly commitments that come from politicians, but … Continue reading
Posted in Human relationships, Life styles, Private enterprise, Service economy
Tagged Human relations, Promises
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You, the customer, deserve good service
The service economy is one part of an economy that most people can experience and understand. Today, I got another chance to see how it works from up-close. I had noticed that we had stopped receiving mail from about 10 … Continue reading
Making connections
Whatever we do for work, the question arises “Why am I doing this?” The question looms large if one works within an institution, and career development has to be considered along with work content. However, if you work outside an … Continue reading
Give us a job
I spent last Friday at an IMF workshop about the ‘unemployment crisis’, its costs, causes and cures. To do that I had to stop working–trading–and listen to other people who work as professional economists. At the end of the day, … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Private enterprise, Public policy, World economy
Tagged Debt, Housing, Income inequality, Unemployment
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Going, going, gone.
I have to admit that when I heard about the auction site, QuiBids, I was skeptical. Could you really bid on desirable but pricey items and walk away with them for a few dollars if not less? Best thing to … Continue reading
