Daily Archives: January 14, 2013

60 Minutes: Are robots hurting job growth?

Technological advances, especially robotics, are revolutionizing the workplace, but not necessarily creating jobs. It is certainly leading to lay offs on Wall Street as the HFT machines continue to trade public markets in micro-seconds with little human involvement. Here is … Continue reading

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“Wealthy” face financial stress from poor risk management too

This weekend we watched the documentary The Queen of Versailles, now available on Rogers on Demand. Garish and over-the-top in many ways, I found the film a useful reminder of the downside of leverage and the self-destructive financial habits that … Continue reading

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