Editor’s Note: PBRG Founder Tom Dyson has been hard to get a hold of. He’s been abroad conducting research in some of the most exotic—and dangerous—places on the planet. He discusses the opportunities (and pitfalls) he found, below… J. Reeves, editor, The Palm Beach Daily: Tom, you’ve been traveling the world for several weeks. Where […]
New research from Stanford University shows your attitude predicts success in life more than your IQ...
From Teeka Tiwari, editor, Mega Trends Investing: Visionary billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is making his boldest prediction yet: …Within two years you’ll be able to summon your car from across the country. He’s betting self-driving cars will be the next disruptive technology. And he has an eye for big trends… Musk made billions by investing […]
The world’s second-largest economy just posted its slowest growth in 25 years… The Wall Street Journal reports China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew just 6.9% on the year. Steel production and electric generation also contracted for the first time since 1990. Chinese equity markets are now down about $5 trillion from their 2015 highs. The […]
“Good relationships keep us happier and healthier.” That’s the key lesson from a mammoth 75-year Harvard research study. It tracked the lives of 724 adult men over three-quarters of a century. The director, psychologist Robert Waldinger, shared the study’s three big takeaways in a recent TED Talk: Social connections are good for us… but loneliness […]
Oil dropped below $30 per barrel last week. That’s a 12-year low. It’s now down over 70% from its mid-2014 highs. Peter Fisher shared exceptional insight on oil’s collapse on Bloomberg TV. He’s the former Asian division head of $4.5 billion hedge fund Blackrock. He moved the conversation past oil’s supply and demand—the red herring […]
From Mark Ford, founder, Palm Beach Research Group: You reach for the mug and knock it over. Hot coffee washes over your laptop. You arrive home and realize you’ve left your shoulder bag—with all your IDs and banking information—on the subway. Your doctor reads your EKG and says, “Gee, I’ve never seen anything like this […]