Salient to Investors: Pew Research Center said: The world population over 65 years old will triple by 2050, drastically altering some countries’ demographic make-up as more elderly people depend on working-age men and women. 87% of Japanese believe its ageing population poses a problem, but only 26% of Americans agree. Most
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Kristin Forbes at MIT said Bernanke was incredibly creative in the different steps and programs he took to prevent a free fall of the global economy, and made decisions with highly imperfect information, necessary in a crisis. Vincent Reinhart at Morgan Stanley said the Fed legacy is
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The Justinian Plague and the Black Death were caused by distinct strains of the bacterium Yersinia Pestis. The Justinian Plague strain was an “evolutionary dead-end” and became extinct but the Black Death-causing pathogen has evolved and mutated and still kills today. David Wagner at Northern Arizona University
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The World Economic Forum said the widening income inequality poses the most likely threat to the global economy over the next decade. Jennifer Blanke at the Forum said people won’t stand for it. David Cole at Swiss Re said the balkanizing of finance, aversion to migration and
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The median economist expects the Fed to reduce bond purchases in $10 billion increments over the next 6 meetings before announcing an end to the program by December. Michael Feroli at JPMorgan Chase said the weather played a big role in the weak jobs report and is
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Dane Stangler at The Kauffman Foundation said people aged 55 to 64 started 23.4 percent of companies in 2012, up from 14.3 percent in 1996. Stangler said the 30-yr corporate job with a gold watch is no longer there, and many people are not ready to retire.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Joseph Engelberg and Christopher Parsons at University of California at San Diego found: A 1-day drop in equities of 1.5 percent is followed by a 0.26 percent increase in hospital admissions on average over the next 2 days, and that the impact on psychological conditions such as
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: In 2013, the world’s 300 wealthiest individuals added $524 billion to their collective net worth with the biggest gains in tech. Only 70 registered a net loss. John Catsimatidis at Red Apple Group said interest rates will remain low, equity markets will keep rising, and the economy
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Expanding populations fueled global prosperity with both workers and consumers but global aging threatens to cause chronically weak economic growth, a more volatile international economy and the risk of a new financial crisis triggered by innovative investments dubbed “death derivatives.” Rob Arnott at Research Affiliates said our
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The median net worth for US households headed by boomers aged 55 to 64 was almost 8 percent lower, at $143,964, than those 75 and older in 2011. Boomers lost more than other groups in the stock market and housing bust of 2008, and many also lost
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