Author Archives: MN Gordon
Are You Prepared for a Slow Growth Economy?
When a motor vehicle stalls out it is often because the engine has been overloaded. Parts and components have become worn down – or gummed up. Fuel and electrical systems misfire or no longer fire at all. Sometimes all it … Continue reading
Nothing Fails Like Success
Great wealth, like the seasons, is ephemeral. One generation accumulates it. While another burns through it. The difference is dependent upon whether one has a short or long time horizon. Do they save some seed corn for the next grow … Continue reading
The Twisted Tale of Consumers and Producers
“Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer,” observed 19th century philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. “He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.” These days Emerson’s critical insight has been tipped up on end. Producers … Continue reading
Deflation with a Capital D
There’s a good ole fashioned market panic taking place in the Far East. Buyers of Chinese stocks have become scarcer than hen’s teeth. Even the highly visible hand of the Chinese government can’t arrest the freefall. On Monday, for example, … Continue reading
