Israel’s Gilded Age – According to Luxembourg Income Study data, the share of Israel’s population living on less than half the country’s median income — a widely accepted definition of relative poverty — more than doubled, to 20.5 percent from 10.2 percent, between 1992 and 2010. The share of children in poverty almost quadrupled, to…

Here is what I read on Friday and early Saturday around the net. As usual some are related to the market, some to geo-politics and some are for fun. Hope you will find these useful and interesting. Why Germany Shouldn’t Take Its Economic Success for Granted – Indeed, Germany’s policymakers seem to be stumbling from decision to…

Global finance faces $9 trillion stress test as dollar soars – Contrary to popular belief, the world is today more dollarized than ever before. Foreigners have borrowed $9 trillion in US currency outside American jurisdiction, and therefore without the protection of a lender-of-last-resort able to issue unlimited dollars in extremis. This is up from $2…

Here is an assortment of articles that I found useful around the net. Peruse through them and maybe you would find them useful too. Some are related to the markets, some to general productivity and some to geo-political. A Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Gets It Very, Very Wrong On Seasonal Adjustment – This is so wrong that it’s…

Noted for your Friday morning procrastinations or ruminations – take your pick. Here are some of the things that I found interesting around the net that you too may find interesting. Some are related to the market, some to geo-politics and some are for fun. I Was Alabama’s Top Judge. I’m Ashamed by What I Had to…

Rubio-Lee tax plan eliminates deductions and ties large, small business rates -Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced a plan that would establish two individual tax rates — 15% for incomes up to $75,000 and 35% for earnings above that level — and would eliminate all tax deductions except those for mortgage…

The Price of Oil Is About to Blow a Hole in Corporate Accounting – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requires drillers to calculate the value of their oil reserves every year using average prices from the first trading days in each of the previous 12 months. Because oil didn’t start its freefall to about $45…

Here is a reading list for your Tuesday morning procrastinations. As usual some are pertinent to the market and investing and some are not. But, hopefully, you will find all of these interesting.  Going to the Dogs – Like Wiggles, the “home breed” blue ribbon winner, there’s a similar contest going on in global financial markets…

Noted for your Monday breakfast mulling. Here is what I came across the net over the weekend and on Monday morning. Hope you will find these useful. Janet Yellen meets with conservatives – Lonegan also said Friday that in conjunction with the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole symposium in Wyoming this year, a group of conservative economists…

The final week of February 2015 comes to an  end. The market did pretty well for the week and the month. As I prepare for the next week, this is what I found interesting over on the Net. As usual, some are related to the market some to the geopolitics and some are for fun and…