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Wealth Destruction in Times of Crisis: What It Is and What It Means

Investing Pioneer –  1/30/2023 – 1:28 PM EST As we enter the approaching economic storm, discussing the following concept I think is timely. The concept is wealth destruction. Take FTX. It went from the market valuing the assets at billions of dollars to a dissolution much faster than it was created. When value is destroyed, …

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Buffett’s Warning on the Perils of Short-term Thinking: An Examination of the Negative Effects of Earnings Estimates and Forward-looking Statements

WASHINGTON, DC, USA – SEPTEMBER 4, 1991 Rob Crandall / Shutterstock.com Investing Pioneer – 4:35 PM EST – 1/27/2023 Short-term thinking can be the root of eventual failure or sub-par performance for any venture. Businesses are no expectations. In the last few years, Buffett has called on companies to stop short-term guidance statements, by virtue …

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Russia Boosts Natural Gas Exports to China to New Highs

The power of Siberia, gas pipeline | Shutterstock Investing Pioneer – 10:05 PM  EST – 12/10/2022   Despite the frequently fraught nature of their geopolitical relationship, Europe had long been dependent on Russia for a steady supply of natural gas. This reliance means that any sudden disruption in gas deliveries could have a destabilizing effect …

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The Fall of Crypto: A Silver Lining for Precious Metals

Investing Pioneer  – 11:01 PM EST –  12/8/2022 Cryptocurrencies – digital currencies meant to be an alternative to currencies decreed by governments or central planners – have experienced some of the highest concentration of speculative rallies and crashes in the past decade, mostly since 2016 or so. For speculative rallies in financial markets to occur …

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No, It’s Not the Speculators Fault: BOJ Comment Draws Parallel to Nixon Shock Era

By Investing Pioneer October 24, 2022 – Investing Pioneer – 3:18 PM EDT The talk of the town these past few days has been the Japanese Yen. In short, it’s plummeting. In response, on September 22nd, the BOJ intervened to support their currency. By now, it seems like they’re doing it every other day. Google …

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Is SIGA Technologies (SIGA) a buy in the face of Monkeypox?

Monkeypox is a pandemic (link). The market may be still pricing this in. Consequently, certain stakeholders may gain in share price over the next several months, as they have in part already. Others will effectively, “pump and dump” in the speculative mania of potential pharmaceutical solutions for an emerging pandemic. As of August 8th, over …

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