Carnival of Economics and Global Trade #10
Greetings! Welcome to the 10th edition of the Carnival of Economics and Global Trade. We have received 8 posts for this edition. Here are the posts in the order they were received.
Noric Dilanchian presents Dilanchian Lawyers - Designer Chinese and IP in China are not contradictions posted at Lightbulb. China is infamous as a place for intellectual property piracy in international trade in brands and copyright. China is also increasingly engaged in genuine intellectual property law reform at an international level. This post calls for better understand of trends, rather than trade responses fed by out-of-date responses prejudices.
Allen Taylor presents Enhance Gains With Timing Diversification posted at Investing World Today. Many investors, who understand the potential of market timing, pay little attention to the potential of diversification. Many novice market timers jump right into an aggressive timing strategy with little thought about how they will handle a period of losing buy and sell signals.
Matthew Paulson presents Single Stocks or Mutual Funds? posted at Getting Green. There’s always been quite a debate among seasoned investors as whether to invest in single stocks or in mutual funds when investing in the stock market. Much like every issue in the history of the universe, there’s not a consensus on the issue.
Trent presents June Job Growth Tops Forecasts But Still Looks Anemic posted at Stock Market Beat. Just because economists have low expectations does not mean that higher numbers are a sign of strength.
Adventures in Money Making presents How Capitalism Really Works posted at Adventures in Money Making. here’s an amusing anecdote on how capitalism really works.
Leon Gettler presents Private equity: is the party over? posted at Sox First. The private equity party seems to be coming to an end, leaving the buyout firms to take the money and run. The fallout from the subprime mortgage defaults are making the banks nervous and investors are turning to safer bets.
David Gross presents Forever currency posted at The Picket Line. Two months ago, a legal, non-inflationary, value-backed currency was issued nationwide in the U.S. Why haven’t I heard cheers of victory from the gold-bug crowd?
KCLau presents Why Invest in Land? posted at KCLau’s Money Tips. Most people think that land investment is only for real estate developers, who buy big parcels of land for commercial, or residential development. But actually, investing in land is one of the sound investment strategies available for common investor, both large and small.
That concludes the 10th edition of the Carnival of Economics and global Trade. Next edition of this carnival will be hosted here on 19 July, 2007. You can submit your posts here.