This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. When Chinese leaders launched the “Great Leap Forward” in 1958, they hoped the economic campaign would bring their…
In Fall 2000, Enron was booming. Its stock hit a new peak price of $90.56, and the USA’s 7th largest…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. As oil prices skyrocketed in late 1973, economist E.F. Schumacher commented: “The party’s over”. Since the end…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. Why do investors buy a company’s stock? There can be many reasons, but they always boil down…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. The Malthusian Trap is a theory which argues that, unchecked, population growth will outpace increases in food…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. The Belle Époque (“Beautiful Era”) was a period of European history that dates from 1871 to 1914. During…
If you’re a high school student interested in finance, the thought of starting an investment club may have crossed your…
Have you ever wondered how wealthy people appear to grow their money with little to no effort? It may seem…
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. On Halloween 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, a paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash…
One of the most famous ratios used by value investors is the EV/EBITDA ratio, or the Enterprise Value to Earnings…