Please update your Flash Player

Investment

  1. Short term upside to gold 11 Jan 2012, 10:39 am
    You'd have to be a little more positive about gold at these times; principally for 2 reasons:1. Prospects for ongoing low interest rates2. Prospects of tensions in Iran, the Straits of Hormuz - as Ira. […]
  2. Strategies for buying property close to stations 5 Jan 2012, 8:53 pm
    In my book on buying foreclosed property in Japan I raise a number of strategies for buying property in Japan. This story in the Japan Times highlights the application of one such strategy when buying. […]
  3. Muslim rebels deserve fair consideration 3 Jan 2012, 3:16 am
    Living in the Philippines, you often here expatriates say that there is no risk living on the southern island of Mindanao. There are even those self-righteous souls who live in some of the more danger. […]
  4. Is the DPJ doomed? Not just yet. 29 Dec 2011, 1:55 am
    I get the sense that Japan is looking at another substantive shift in its political game; though nothing transformational to be sure, at least not at this point. Some 9 members of the Democratic Party. […]

View All

Business

  1. Malware solution for Android phones 22 Nov 2011, 6:54 am
    This strikes me as a good opportunity for some budding Android programmer. Read this article and you will see that Google Android is expected to have a problem with malware, as opposed to Apple. The s. […]
  2. Product policy which is logical and contextual 4 Jan 2011, 5:50 pm
    One of the mistakes that businesses make is:1. Adopting dogmatic policies which are difficult to interpret2. Remove the product policy discretion from staffConsider the following negative feedback tha. […]
  3. Stories of 100 top Asian CEOs 28 Aug 2010, 3:54 am
    Looking for inspiration for your next business, check out the following website. It seems like most business activity is being outsourced to Asia, so this website will give hope to those of you who wa. […]
  4. Developing a functional business 20 Jun 2010, 2:13 am
    Business in the West is far better in developing countries. The reason is that they tend to have operating manuals for staff to review before they start work, and they offer hands-on support. This is. […]

View All

Lifestyle

  1. Lenovo Thinkpad Edge - This might be my favourire notebook ever Thursday, 26 January 2012, 7:34 am
    There is a plethora of laptops being offered to consumers these days as well as tablets. I frankly think in Australia and NZ people are being offered really poor products in their local retailers such. […]
  2. Kiwis - a boat problem Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 10:35 pm
    This is one of the more amusing stories to come out in NZ. It seems there is a 'Kiwi boat people' issue, as well as 'fly-by-night' Kiwis coming into Australia. Yes, a Kiwi resident multimillionaire ha. […]
  3. Wanganui: Small town thinking for big town problem Saturday, 14 January 2012, 4:30 am
    NZ residents of Wanganui are being asked whether they ought to approve a $141 million flood mitigation plan - a huge cost burden for a depopulating town, when there is a far more prudent and lucrative. […]
  4. The case for privatising NZ electricity assets Wednesday, 4 January 2012, 8:54 pm
    According to the NZ Herald, Ernst and Young has produced a report which suggests NZ state-owned assets are reaping high returns; in fact higher returns than the median for private sector businesses. T. […]

View All

Efficacy

  1. Research supports hope for Andropause sufferers 3 Oct 2011, 9:16 pm
    If you read the following article you might be inclined to believe that - if you are over the age of 40 years old and tired, that you are suffering from Andropause. The reality however is that people. […]
  2. The problem with community support 11 Sep 2011, 3:59 am
    by savit keawtaveeI had a discussion today with a social worker. It is apparent to me, though comes as no surprise to me, that the state of society is really in a poor state of intellectual developmen. […]
  3. Is spanking bad for children? 8 Aug 2011, 8:02 am
    Spanking is not injurious to a child, however it does depend on the severity, frequency and the appropriateness of its application. Spanking does not convey knowledge, but it allows a child to correla. […]
  4. Cure for diabetes imminent? 25 Jun 2011, 2:17 am
    Hope for sufferers of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Research around the world is identifying methodologies for curing both forms of diabetes. I refer potential and actual sufferers to the following webs. […]

View All

Thinking

  1. Images less than prime ministerial 26 Jan 2012, 10:46 pm
    Photography does not get any better than this. We have images of the Prime Minister of Australia, Labor leader Julia Gillard, being mobbed by rioters. Catch this series of images:1. We have Julia clin. […]
  2. Foreclosed houses being destroyed in the USA 27 Oct 2011, 9:08 pm
    You'd have to wonder why banking CEOs are paid so much when you reflect on their 'narrow' thought process. We have in the US a situation where homes in foreclosure are being destroyed in order to 'cle. […]
  3. The philosophy of crap 26 Sep 2011, 7:38 pm
    Philosophy - its just crap right? Well; not entirely. The problem with crap is the 'craper' rather than the crap. Its not that exists, its where people decide to leave it. Philosophy is an expression. […]
  4. Relevance of Ayn Rand's villains today? 22 Sep 2011, 6:40 pm
    Bill Gates as Howard Rearden? For the most part I agree with this; on the other hand, I have to argue that Microsoft Word was an unstable system from 1990 to 2007. Now, I can safely edit a document in. […]

View All
previous
next
Welcome Build success in the areas of personal development, investment, management and public policy. The mass commercialisation and socialisation of our lives has undermined people's capacity to make informed choices, and thus the extent to which they actually process information through their own minds. Who is the advocate of your interests? In addition to the intellectual websites dedicated to thinking, I have also developed a number of other lifestyle, business and investment websites which may interest you. They are important aspects of my life, and I'm sure the content will be beneficial to you as well. If you like the blogs, I hope you will refer them to your friends and business associates

  1. To all readers 10 Apr 2011, 3:00 am
    Hi all, It has been a long time since I have posted an update. The reason is that I have been focused on the preparation of more books. In the last week I have taken time off from this exercise to upd. […]
  2. 2010 Property Investment Reports, Now Available! 13 Feb 2010, 8:37 am
    Last week we completed the latest revision to the Japan Foreclosed Property eBook. This 182-page report has new sections on risk management, leasing, as well as updating economic and real estate stati. […]
About The SheldonThinks website was established in 2005 by Andrew Sheldon to provide readers with time-critical investment advice. Since its inception the organisation has expanded into a range of other areas, applying its critical thinking tools to other areas including ethics, system analysis, economics, trading & investing, as well as public policy. Calendar year 2010 promises to be another great year for SheldonThinks, with a number of new publications planned.