Top Heavy Economy
September 14, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher A shocking statistic crossed my feed the other day: Government employees outnumber manufacturing employees by nearly 2 to 1. The first question might naturally be: Has manufacturing EVER outnumbered government employees? And the answer would be, yes. Up to 1989, in fact, manufacturing employment was higher than that […]
Tightening Fists Around Sand
September 7, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher There are a few things happening right now, and the balance is delicate to say the least. First, you have China’s ailing manufacturing market and volatile yuan. This, naturally affects her neighbors as well. Second, you have Iranian sanctions set to be lifted by spring of 2016. Third, […]
System D (or Shadow) Economy
August 31, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The primary candidates on both sides are amping up the rhetoric against “illegalities” and “safety”, while trying to temper it with some feigned reverence for civil liberties and individual rights. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have it out for illegal immigrants. Trump thinks immigrants should all be here […]
The Ever-Changing Healthcare Problem
August 24, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher It’s pretty safe to say that Obamacare is a train wreck. Not that I ever held out hope that it would amount to anything other than that, but I certainly didn’t want it to cause the amount of misery and destruction that it has. It’s like being tied […]
China’s Ripple Effect
August 17, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher About a year and a half ago, I wrote a blog entitled “China’s Recent Monetary Moves”. I wrote a couple afterward, touting – if not praising – the clever tactics in which they were engaging. I don’t think the current state of things cancels out everything I’ve written, […]
Puerto Rico Defaults
August 10, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher “Puerto Rico, My heart’s devotion, Let it sink back in the ocean. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the population growing, And the money owing.” ~West Side Story Not much has changed since this 1961 classic was released. It’s been decades in the making, but the “money owing” caught […]
Healthcare Industry Mergers
August 3, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher As you may already know, I’m in advertising. Specifically I buy and plan media placement. The cliff notes version of what I do is: I help to get advertisers on the air by negotiating their rates and getting them the most audience to see their ads as possible […]
The Folly of Plunder
July 27, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher First time, shame on you… Second time, shame on me… Third time??? That’s right! Greece got her THIRD bail out! 86 Billion Euro! It’s fair to say that while everyone (including myself) might not agree with ALL of Iceland’s policies, the part where they purged the criminals from […]
Reality Check
July 15, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I was watching some sort of documentary on space. Fascinating stuff! I’ve never been much of a science person, but when laid out in simple terms, I do find it enthralling. Anyway, turns out space is incredibly brutal. Nothing about it says, “Life is welcome here!” No. It’s […]
Borderless Podcast: Offshore Wealth Secrets
July 8, 2015 Borderless Podcast interviews Bobby Casey, covering various topics of interest to anyone who is looking to internationalize their lives! From: The Borderless Blog w/ James Guzman and Jonathan Lockwood In this episode we talk to him about the creation of GWP and some of the specific ways that he helps entrepreneurs save […]
