Forbes: How To Succeed Like Moby

By SIMON CONSTABLE

It might be hard to imagine Moby as anything other than an uber-famous artist, musician, and DJ. But once upon a time he lived in a disused factory in Connecticut, paying the guards $50 a month to look the other way. In the big scheme of things, that wasn’t so long ago — 1989.

That’s basically where Moby’s recently published book, Poreclain, starts. It then moves location to New York in the early 1990s, a time and place with which I am well acquainted. But that’s not why this book caught my eye. Read more here.

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Forbes Video: Are Investors Too Sleepy?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

With many things in life, when we get complacent we tend to mess up. The same is true for investors.

Currently, there hasn’t been a major pullback in the markets for a while. The turmoil following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, and the slide in the first few weeks of the year, now both look like distant memories. Yet despite that general lack of volatility, attitudes towards stocks haven’t become ultra cautious.

Edward Dempsey chief investment officer at Pension Partners, explains his thoughts on the matter in this video.

U.S. News: Signs Point to a Stronger Economy

By SIMON CONSTABLE

If you are confused over the economy, then you likely aren't the only one.

In late August we got two pieces of seemingly contradictory economic news. One was weak and the other pointed to strength. Here's what they both mean, and why the economy is actually picking up.

On the one hand, the government trimmed its estimate of second GDP quarter growth to a paltry 1.1 percent, according to the latest data. That's weak by any standard and because it was the period from April through June, it was also hard to blame the winter weather, which itself has become something of an annual excuse lately.

On the other hand, the Federal Reserve has indicated it is moving closer to that point where it may raise the cost of borrowing money. Why? Because the economy is showing strength.
So which is it, strong or weak? Read more here.

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WSJ: Fundamental vs. Technical Stock Analysts

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Wall Street is chock-full of traders trying to figure out how stocks and bonds will move in the future because they know if they get it right, there are riches to be made.

These investors generally fall into two camps in terms of the methods they use to analyze markets: fundamental analysts and technical analysts. Traditionally, their methods haven’t overlapped, though they now seem to be converging. Read more here.

WSJ: Where Foreign Markets Could Be Headed

By SIMON CONSTABLE

U.S. markets are holding on to modest gains this year after a lackluster 2015, with the S&P 500 up 6.2% through August.

But fund investors might have fared better with overseas exposure, depending on the region.

Here is a look at the performance of some international markets this year and where they may be headed. Read more here.

Top 10 Safe Topics for Journos Covering Peter Thiel

Top 10 list of topics journalists can safely write about Peter Thiel without risking a fate worse than Gawker's Nick Denton:

1. Peter Thiel is awesome
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By David Orban from Italy (Peter Thiel) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

John Batchelor Show: Apple/E.U., ObamaCare, Investing

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Recent appearance on the John Batchelor Show discussing Apple/E.U., Investing, and ObamaCare.