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Cezar Iordan came to the U.S. from Romania when he was 20. He didn’t know anyone, and he didn’t speak English. He had only $100 in his pocket. But he was …
![[Robert J. Shiller] Mirage of financial singularity](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/07/20150719000364_01.jpg "[Robert J. Shiller] Mirage of financial singularity")
In their new book “The Incredible Shrinking Alpha,” Larry E. Swedroe and Andrew L. Berkin describe an investment environment populated by increasingly …
In the wake of the Greek parliament’s vote to accept the severe terms of a new European bailout, the logical thing would be for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras …
![[David Ignatius] Next Iranian challenge for U.S.](http://heraldk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/07/20150719000362_01.jpg "[David Ignatius] Next Iranian challenge for U.S.")
The shrill Republican attacks on the Iran nuclear deal are an embarrassment. Most global leaders share President Obama’s view that the agreement is …
Long after Barack Obama has left office, the newly minted nuclear agreement with Iran will stand as one of the defining moments of his presidency, along with …
The international ratings agency Fitch was downplaying concerns on Thursday that Chinese stocks are a systemic risk to global markets. Many investors, however, …
By all accounts, it was a convivial meeting. On Thursday, President Park Geun-hye and leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party met at the Blue House, the first such …
A statue of Buddha stolen from a shrine in Japan and smuggled into Korea has been returned to Japan. In announcing the decision to return the stolen artifact, …
Chinese President Xi Jinping likes conferences. It is estimated that he leads one, big or small, every seven days. He has resuscitated conferences dormant for …
Two external financial upheavals in recent weeks are causing jitters well beyond the shores of where the events are transpiring. Greece, owing to long-standing …