Monthly Archives: January 2013
Blowing bubbles, throughout history
We’ve all heard the term “bubble” in reference to an investing fever fueled by speculation in what participants erroneously perceive to be an infinitely rising curve of valuation. The dot-com “bubble” and the recent real estate “bubble” being modern examples … Continue reading
Globalization, that nasty word
Globalization is a term that has come to mean negative things, for some reason. I’m not exactly sure when it started, but sometime in the last ten years or so, a concept that used to be viewed as beneficial somehow … Continue reading
Over the hedge
It seems that much of the business language we hear (and use) is hard to understand. The Rosetta Stone of business jargon hasn’t been discovered which would allow translation to an easily understood form. I love to study jargon, “terms … Continue reading