From the Bloomberg editorial “Energy Revolution Keeps Carbon on Top,” by Nathan Myhrvold, former chief strategist and technology officer at Microsoft and the founder/CEO of Intellectual Ventures:
“A remarkable thing happened in Silicon Valley during the past decade. Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs set their sights on clean energy as the Next Big Thing. They audaciously hoped [...]

A lot of people “blame” China for the difficulties Western manufacturing is facing. The dramatic declines in the number of factories and factory jobs in the U.S. and other developed areas are matched by the increasing amount of production taking place in China, India, and the rest of the so-called developing world. The logical conclusion [...]

Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) was rated the top mutual fund family for 2010 by Baron’s magazine. This is great news for clients of SensiblePortfolios as all of its model portfolios invest exclusively in DFA funds.
DFA, is a global asset manager that oversees $206.5 billion in all and owns a mind-boggling 13,000 stocks, or about 70% [...]

The Economics of Globalization Are Changing Fast And Are Starting to Favor Moving Back to America
From The Economist:
‘Labor arbitrage – taking advantage of lower wages abroad, especially in poor countries—has never been the only force pushing multinationals to locate offshore, but it has certainly played a big part. Now, however, as emerging economies boom, wages [...]

With the great success of our Navy SEALS’ Team Six, I thought you would enjoy this article about Captain Ed Freeman that I recently received from a client.
You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam. It’s November 11, [...]