Global Business Inventory Index

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 April 2008 by member businessmind

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What about a global business inventory index that is reported monthly online? I think this will help everyone know whether a global or national recession is on the way or not. In order to have a sense to predict recession, I use the following simplification: if supply exceeds demand, businesses build excess inventory they then have to sell at discount before they produce more or place more orders.

Therefore, if you knew how total business inventory fluctuates, then you can reliably predict if a recession is on the way and based on the rate of inventory disposal how long it will last. Such knowledge would also help capital to be invested with less risk.

I don't think such knowledge would help avoid recessions caused by financial institutions overextending credit and loosening their lending standards. It can help detect, however, the health of companies and businesses outside the financial sector. They are the main driving force behind economic growth as they are the producers of the goods and services we consume and invest on.

My proposal might be a simplification but I have always wondered. With the multitude of news sources and economists making all sorts of predictions, why can't we have all the numbers reliably concentrated in one source from which the big picture conclusions are drawn first!

When people invest they often ask: "Where should I invest my money?" or "Is it safe to invest my money in this asset or the other?" You rarely hear people asking "What is the state of the global economy?" etc

When global economy goes into recession, however, everyone gets affected and the word "recession" is in everyone's mind. If, at that point, you could get online and check where we stand in the business cycle, wouldn't that help you make more informed business or investment decisions?

Brainchips

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 April 2008 by member scandrea

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Most scientists and science-fiction writers imagine a future where humans can implant microchips in their brains in order to increase memory space and the amount of knowledge that can be stored. What about the reverse?

What about finding ways to extract in digital form the existing knowledge we carry in our brains and store it in microchips called brainchips? This way we would preserve all existing human knowledge acquired so far and be able to clone human brains in seconds!

Tall women in high heels

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 April 2008 by member sophilous

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I have observed it in some tall women and I can't quite make sense of it. Hope you can help me with your suggestions. When you see a short woman wearing high heels you can imagine this is probably because she is not comfortable with her height and wants to look taller. She lacks cc, short for confidence and centimeters. When you see a tall woman wearing really long heels, what does she lack?

Trampoline Elevator

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 4 April 2008 by member miki

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Sorry my English not very good. I am industrial engineer from Japan. I thought in class many years ago when talk about problem with elevator free fall. What about trampoline at bottom of elevator tube? Ha-ha! If break and fall it bounce back and save your life. Joke no! Sorry my English. Thank you!

R U a leader,R U creative,R U deliberate

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 3 April 2008 by member dim

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Just take a look at this article...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080401/lf_nm_life/sneakers_leaders_dc

Do you really think that our shoes, bills or cars can reveal ourselves to others???