Archive for the 'Finance' Category

Management and Incentive: The Reason the Private Sector Always Outperfoms Government

Effective management separates itself from becoming an inefficient bureaucracy by using their position to drive the company and its employees in the most efficient manner. Management accomplishes this by creating a corporate culture that rewards performance and innovation while punishing complacency. By establishing a culture of winning and teamwork, management is able to inspire employees [...]

National Collegiate Stock Competition

Every year, I host an annual stock market competition where the best college aged investors can compete against each other. The one who can achieve the highest gains with their starting virtual capital wins not only prize money, but the satisfaction of being the best collegian stock trader.
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Videos about Economic Future


Resources on Economic Collapse

Out of all the issues in the world of politics, finance, and sports, the one thing that I cannot stop worrying about is the state of the United States economy and how the continuing meddling of the Federal Reserve Board and the government that send America into not only a recession, but a hyper inflationary [...]

Rational Rants #25: Defending Yourself from the Crash

With the dollar collapse and a struggling economy, how can the average person/investor protect themselves. Due to the chronic errors from government intervention, the solutions seem to extreme. Buy: gold, foreign stocks, foreign currency; Sell: US dtocks, financials, retail, and housing.. Nick also explains whether moving out of the country can benefit you and also [...]

Episode 24: The Demise of the Dollar

What has happened to the economy and what is the real extent of this slowdown? Nick explains the truth behind these problems lies in a 95 year history of the US government debasing the dollar. It’s good that this bail out did not pass, but years of printing money from nowhere has come back to [...]

Impressions from India Part I: Economic Development

The reason I have not been updating the site or Rational Rants recently is because I travelled to India to ten days and got sick for three days after. My experiences on the other side of the world have provided new perspectives and insight about India and its society. By visiting Delhi/New Dehli, Jaipur, and [...]

Dangers of the Federal Reserve

Usually when one thinks of the Federal Reserve Board, they believe that the Fed stabilizes the value of our currency and the economy. However, the truth is actually the opposite. Since its inception in 1913, the Fed has nearly erased all of the value of the US dollar, created vicious boom and bust cycles [...]

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