Global AgeWatch Index: Norway best for older people – BBC News 09-30-14

On September 30, 2014   /   Canada Economy, Economics, Germany Economy, Latin America, Mexico Economy, Norway Economy, Retirement, Sweden Economy, Switzerland  

Salient to Investors: HelpAge International said: Norway is the best of 96 countries to grow old in, followed by Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Germany. Afghanistan is the worst. Australia, Western Europe and North America rank highly. By 2050, 21% of the global population will be over 60, when 40 of the 96

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Fareed Zakaria GPS – CNN 09-07-14

On September 7, 2014   /   CBO, Economics, Fareed Zacharia, India Economy, Paul Krugman, Russia Economy, Switzerland, Ukraine Economy, US Economy  

Salient to Investors: Fareed Zakaria said: Islamic terror is not the isolated behavior of a handful of nihilists but a broader culture that has been complicit in it or at least unwilling to combat it. Zawahiri’s effort to recruit Indian Muslims will fail. The Arab world produces fanaticism and jihad

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Central Banks Spewing Cash Need to Plan Exit Timing, Rohde Says – Bloomberg 02-28-13

On February 28, 2013   /   Bond Market, Denmark Economy, Global Economy, Norway Economy, Sweden Economy, Switzerland  

Salient to Investors: Danish central bank Governor Lars Rohde said world central bankers need to plan for monetary tightening to avoid feeding asset bubbles. Rohde said there is no short-term alternative to global easing, given the state of the real economy. Jacob Graven at Sydbank A/S said it will be the same

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Swiss Property Bubble Concern Seen Prompting Tightening – Bloomberg 02-14-13

On February 14, 2013   /   Global Economy, Real Estate, Switzerland, Switzerland Real Estate  

Salient to Investors: Governments from Singapore to Dubai to Hong Kong are moving to cool overheated property markets and avert property bubbles. discovered Switzerland is having its biggest property boom in two decades, with prices pushed higher by the influx of 50,000 people a year. The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index remained in

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Cure for Economic Slumps Seen in Raising Rates: Cutting Research – Bloomberg 11-23-12

On November 23, 2012   /   Economics, Finland Economy, Germany Economy, Netherlands Economy, Norway Economy, Switzerland, US Economy  

Salient to Investors: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe and Martin Uribe at the National Bureau of Economic Research said the solution to an economic slump is higher interest rates when the cause of that slump is a confidence shock that cheap borrowing costs are failing to reverse, and ultra-easy monetary policy risks making fears of deflation a self-fulfilling

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Swiss Property in ‘Risk Zone’ for First Time Since 1991 – Bloomberg 11-05-12

On November 5, 2012   /   Europe Real Estate, Switzerland  

Salient to Investors: The UBS Swiss Real Estate Bubble Index entered the risk zone for the first time since 1991. Matthias Holzhey and Claudio Saputelli at UBS said: Population growth continues to favor price increases, but prices are increasingly being supported by investment demand and by low interest rates, Continued strong increase in

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