The Politics Of Animal Stories – Chinua Achebe

Nancy B. Alston

In the work ‘What Has Literature Got To Do With It’ Achebe brings up a very pertinent question relating literature to creation. He asks whether ‘people create stories’ or ‘stories create people’ or rather ‘stories create people create stories’. To the question whether stories would come first or people would […]

What Is Price Action Trading?

Nancy B. Alston

The term “price action” has become quite a buzz word in the trading world recently, and at least once a week I am asked exactly what the term does mean. To be quite honest, trading with price action really is all that and even more! After all, how many hedge […]

4 Common Causes of Office Politics

Nancy B. Alston

“Office Politics” can be defined as using real OR perceived power and control to get what you want – be it tangible (a raise, corner office, etc.) or intangible (a promotion, visibility, influence over others) sometimes at the expense of others. This definition brings home the fact that office politics […]

The Dummy Curve in Action

Nancy B. Alston

In our last blog, we talked about how you can have “Beginners Luck” forever, by being a dummy. Well, a clever dummy, much like our favorite detective, Lt. Columbo. If you ever watched the hit TV series, Columbo, you know he was a master at disarming his suspects by looking […]

Africa in "Action" Beyond Aid – Dedication and Will

Nancy B. Alston

Africa countries should place on strategies and actions (action plans) at their levels that they will adhere to in their process of liberating their continent beyond aid so they can be measured. Writing this comes from the backdrop of emerging issues on the African continent, Ghana’s President, H.E. Nana Addo […]