35 Questions that Could Change Your Life……Don’t’ Just DO Something, Stand there!….The Real Reason Microsoft Bought Nokia…..Econ Recon: The Bond Bear is Waking Up….The Recent Retail Retreat

“Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot.  Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.”

Winston Churchill

35 Questions that Could Change Your Life

Everybody’s looking for answers in life. Too many of us don’t think about asking the right questions. Here’s 35 Questions that may help you find some meaningful answers.

Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

The leisure that technology promised us decades ago turned out to be a cruel joke. Most successful people are working harder than ever. But a new school of thought says that real success may come less from “Leaning In,” as Facebook President Sheryl Sandberg advocated in her recent book of the same title, and more from “leaning out.” Learn how the “uber successful” have learned to call “time out” in a recent Economist Magazine article “In Praise of Laziness.”

The Real Reason Microsoft Bought Nokia

Microsoft has really been in the news recently. First, CEO Steve Ballmer announces his retirement and then Microsoft buys handset maker Nokia for $7 Billion. Is this a last ditch attempt to be a player in the mobile business? Not according to technology watcher Robert X. Cringely in his most recent  “I, Cringely” blog entry “Why Microsoft REALLY Bought Nokia.”  Check out why he thinks Microsoft’s investment has less to do with technology than it does with…”money laundering!”

 Econ Recon: The Bond Bear is Waking Up…..The Recent Retail Retreat

The Bond Bear: Economist Brian Wesbury thinks the 30 year bull market in bonds is over and higher interest rates, more inflation and lower bond prices are on the way. But just how far will these measures move? Are we headed back to double digit inflation and the high money rates of the 1970’s? If so, can disco be far behind J?  Learn more in his one page analysis of why The Bond Bear is Waking Up.

The Recent Retail Retreat: Vistage Staff Economist and ITR Economics Principal Alan Beaulieu looks at the pull back in recent retail metrics and shares What Slower Retail Sales Mean for the US Economy in 2014.