The Kondratieff Wave

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choice. Most people can be extremely cautious and pessimistic during this period not knowing what to be cautious about. There is much speculation going on and being one of the first persons to act may give you and advantage.
In the second quadrant nominal rates expand, there’s speculation of hard assets, etc. Gradually paying off debt here is recommendable. It is a time where there is most likely a surplus of cash and a general view of this is too good to be true.
In the third quadrant of the K-wave debt gets difficult to payoff. The reason for this is that even though actual nominal interest rates may lower, real interest rates will go up. Making it harder for a company to come up with the solvency. The actual face value of money does not go accordingly. Every day the same amount of money you have is worth less.
In the fourth quadrant, our present one, we happen to be at the last phase of the wave. What I consider the decline or the end of a wave. General ...

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not only business men, but mankind itself could have taken advantage of the fact that el Niño was coming. Populations could be warned ahead so floods and damages could have been prevented. Business men could have moved their stocks if invested in companies that could have been affected, etc.

Goal Wedge Learning Curve

The learning curves are an important factor in the understanding of the later use of the Goal wedge. Learning curves, in a very simple way, refer to the ability to reduce costs as your experience increases in producing an item. This might seem something new but actually for me it seems as something quite logical. Anything you do, and I mean anything, can ...

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