Sat 14 Dec, 2019 02:13 pm - I'll give some examples throughout history: Alexander the Great, Roman Empire, Mongols, Ottoman Empire, Napoleon, British Empire, Nazi Germany.
Some of these are through obvious... (view)
Fri 8 Nov, 2019 02:40 pm - So basically the P/E ratio? But wouldn't that be flawed by incorrect market valuations?
What about Return on Capital Employed? (view)
Thu 7 Nov, 2019 10:23 am - Ok. So are there any conclusions to be drawn between corporate debt levels and corporate profits? I'm just looking for any type of indicators of where we're at in the business cycle. (view)
Thu 7 Nov, 2019 03:46 am - I made a post a while ago and people responded by telling me that modern capitalism is similar to a Ponzi scheme. Can you explain this? Is it because it relies on constant growth? And why is that? (view)
Sat 19 Oct, 2019 11:12 am - I see your analogy, but do the numbers make this true?
In an actual Ponzi scheme, there are ZERO actual profits and every investor is paid back by further investors until it collapses. Pyramid... (view)
Sat 19 Oct, 2019 09:35 am - So you're saying that you think that all markets (not just stocks) are perfectly efficient, and there is no point trying to analyze data?
But also, since you say that "everyone"... (view)
Fri 18 Oct, 2019 12:01 pm - Ok but what if I'm not relying on a third party (investment banker, CEO, etc.) to interpret the data for me?
Most of this data comes from government institutions (BEA, Census Bureau, Bureau... (view)
Thu 17 Oct, 2019 11:51 am - This was a very eye opening post. I meant to reply to others, but I can only figure out how to reply to 1 person at a time. Here are some follow-up questions:
1. Is "Corporate Debt to... (view)
Wed 16 Oct, 2019 03:40 am - The profits of the successful businesses (after loan repayments) are greater than the combined losses of the failed business and bank losses on failed loan repayment? Greater by the inflation rate? (view)
