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When Mises Met MMA
It’s not often that you hear the brilliant Austrian school economist Ludwig von Mises referenced in the public sphere. And it is particularly unusual to hear him referenced in the aftermath of two men engaged in brutal mixed martial arts (MMA) combat. But that’s exactly what happened on April 14, when Brazilian fighter Renato Moicano, […]
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ETF Talk: Tapping into the Power of Language with This Communications ETF
While Charles Dickens’s famous statement, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” does not quite describe where we currently stand, we are rapidly approaching one of the best times of the year for communication — we are nearing the time for an annual event by my good friend and Fast […]
ETF Talk: Strike Oil While the Market’s Hot!
The expression “strike while the iron’s hot” is not a new idiom. In fact, it dates back to the 15th century, where it originated from blacksmiths who could only work with their iron while it was, well, hot. And much like a good chunk of iron, the market is burning hot enough for us to […]
Return of the Real
A lot of people these days like to use the term “real” to describe something or someone they admire. We say reverently that he or she is the “real deal,” or this team is “for real,” or this macho specimen is a “real man” or that this restaurant serves up “real Chinese cuisine,” etc. Hey, […]
Nothing Eclipses Man’s Rational Faculty
Hey, did you see there was a solar eclipse on Monday? Of course you did, and that’s because there was a deluge of media coverage of the eclipse, and rightly so, as these kinds of celestial events don’t occur very often. Now, as a one-time aspiring astrophysicist (it was my major at UCLA until I […]
ETF Talk: Another Golden Opportunity
“The desire for gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Gold has long been used as currency and as a status symbol across human civilizations. We find gold in the tombs of great kings from antiquity (like the Mask of Agamemnon or the coffin […]