Post Tagged with: "Causality"

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  [Article] The Stock Market is not Physics – Part I

  In the world of physics, action is followed by reaction. Most financial analysts, economists, historians, sociologists and futurists believe that society works the same way.
   
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  [Article] Saddam Hussein’s Capture

  So in the face of abundant evidence to the contrary, why does the media (and much of Wall Street) still embrace the myth that news moves markets?
   
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  [Article] The Timing and Character of Investment Legislation

  Professor Nofsinger reviewed all major investment legislation from the 1920s to present. He found that the character of each new investment law reflected the direction of the stock market prior to its enactment.
   
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  [Article] Challenging the Conventional Assumption About the Presumed Sociological Effect of Terrorist News

  There is probably not one person in a million who would disagree with the conventional view, espoused everywhere, that the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent deliverance of anthrax-laced letters to individuals shattered the confidence of Americans. Yet that conclusion flies in the face of the facts.
   
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  [Article] A Socionomic View of Central Bank Causality

  Both supporters and critics of the Federal Reserve System agree that the first cause of paper money inflation and credit expansion in the U.S. since 1913 is the Fed. How does a socionomist respond to this assertion?
   
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  [Article] The Socionomic Insight vs. The Assumption of Event Causality

  The Enron Scandal: A Case in Point. The socionomic insight is that the conventional assumption about the direction of causality between social mood and social action is not only incorrect but the opposite of what actually occurs.