Continuing conversations in Friction Costs: Increased Friction Costs II
A few weeks ago we published what seems like our most popular blog article to date, namely Increased Friction Costs. As it has been our most read article, we thought we might continue to build on the...
View ArticleCollaborative nano and micro business ventures
“Don’t waste a good crisis” – not entirely sure who first uttered these immortal words, although a Google search on initial analysis seems to attribute it (or some very similar words) to Rahm Emmanuel,...
View ArticleThe Elusive “G” Factor – Part 1
[Economics in a Nutshell] An Introduction There is a conundrum here somewhere! As a libertarian leaning Think Tank organization and publication, we instinctively know that more government...
View ArticleA Storm in a ‘Tea’ cup
Never resist the temptation to start a discussion with a pun. In our previous article we highlighted the ‘battle royal’ on Capitol Hill to get a proposal agreed to address the possibility of a US...
View ArticleThe US Treasury Yield Curves – Are the markets really that bothered?
Image via Wikipedia As a general introduction today we will look at two US Treasury Yield curves. The first Yield curve in the Curve graphic 1 below is the 3 Month bills compared to the 10 Year...
View ArticleThe US Treasury Yield Curves #2 – Do you factor inflation into the deal?
In the previous article we posted, mention was made of the (0.72)% [negative 0.72%] real return US Treasury investors can currently expect on 5 Year Treasury Bills. The Nominal (quoted) Yield Curves...
View ArticleEconomics of Taxation
There are in essence only two ways of taxing citizens: A Tax on Stock (Wealth) A Tax on Flows (Income or consumption) taxes (Photo credit: 401K) Within these two tax methodologies are hidden the...
View ArticleUS Treasuries – An FX or a market call?
So it has finally happened. After threatening for months that a credit rating down grade was probable for the USA, Standard & Poor’s finally took the ‘big step’ on Friday 5 August, after the major...
View ArticleUS Treasuries – 4 trading days on and rates look rosy?
Today’s brief commentary piece tracks the US Treasury Yield curve of 5 August 2011 (before the Standard & Poor’s downgrade announcement) and the closing rate on 10 August 2011. As can be observed,...
View ArticleThe Economics of Social breakdown
How do we define the state of our nation at the moment? For a little while now we have been experiencing an ‘unease’ with the communication revolution and the disparate nature of communication tools at...
View ArticleA cynical swipe at the ‘Consumer end’ of the money (value) chain
Today’s short opinion piece revolves around the recent rail fare increases announced in the UK. It strikes us as a very cynical way of rewarding behaviour and policies implemented by previous...
View ArticleUS Treasuries – Expanding the confidence time horizon
In our previous analysis piece on the Erosion of Confidence in the Capital Market, we discussed the downward trend in US T-Bill since 2006. In today’s brief analysis piece we have expanded the time...
View ArticleCrafting the Cynical Generation?
…continuing our conversation in the Economics of Taxation series (part 2) A European Generation ‘E’ enquiry – (‘E’ for employment) Referring to our previous article entitled ‘The Economics of...
View ArticleDo we value everything and understand nothing?
On reflection, the ‘mechanism’ established to rescue or save the Euro is indicative of the fact that we still understand very little and can control and short-circuit systems to some extent, yet we...
View ArticleHiatus over!
Yes, we apologise further lack of service and posts on the forum over the last 13 months. (Photo credit: Frank Kehren) Today, we can declare the the hiatus is over and that regular(ly) services will be...
View ArticleAre we all ‘Process Junkies?’
Our previous post on Transaction Cost Economics made us pause and think for a moment. English: A design process. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Why are we so fixated by process, yet so bad at the design...
View ArticleHidden ‘cost’ of Opportunity Cost
As economists (assuming that most of our readers have a vague interest in the subject matter we keep on harping on about most of the time) we should all be aware of, if not au fait with Opportunity...
View ArticleUS Treasury Yield Curves – Revisited mid July 2013
US Treasury Seal (Source: Wikipedia) We resume our intermittent analysis of the US Treasury Yield Curves today with a comparison between the mid July 2013 versus mid July 2012 (in chart 1) and mid July...
View ArticleBehavioural Consequences – The UK Bond Market Rigging Scandal
Health Warning: The UK Bond Market rigging issue is all behaviourally driven. We express a personal opinion in this post and do not endorse or condone breaking any jurisdiction’s sovereign laws. We...
View ArticleAn Ownership Revolution is required
We have been following the G20 ‘get those naughty multinationals in the tax tent’ debates raging for a few months now, with amusement we have to add; here at theMarketSoul and have the following short...
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