Author: ontheball1

The Most Underrated Country in Europe

OnTheBall Travels (Hungary) The most beautiful city I’ve ever been (Budapest). It is a must-go if Europe is on your bucket list Itinerary We flew into Budapest from Cancun Mexico with a layover in Turkey. Everything was smooth entering the country–I don’t believe there was anything even said to us. Passports stamped for the 90 […]

Dear Santa, So..this is a first…

An Energy Stock That Deserves Your Attention This stock likely has been missed because it’s only big listing is on the Singaporean Stock Exchange (SGX) and is an Indonesian company. However, if you’re bullish coal, bullish value stocks and bullish Southeast Asia as a region… continue reading. But first, please consider joining our Free newsletter! […]

Millennials Poor

Millennials, You have some work to do I came across this data recently that was eye-catching. You know the World Economic Forum’s claim “You will own nothing and be happy”, well it may be easier for them to accomplish than expected. Millennials only have a mere fraction of the USA’s reported wealth, despite making up […]

Myelin

Everybody Needs Protection An interesting photo here showing neurone cells in your brain (seen in blue) and they are lined by myelin (seen in green). This was taken from a cell culture & specifically stained to highlight the different cell types. In red are astrocytes, different type of central nervous system cells. Neurone cells convey […]

Everyone Has Lost Their Mind

I’ve come across a silly thing on the internet, not thinking I’d be writing about this but it’s just so absurd I can’t not comment. The post said, “Here’s a challenge for you. Go on Google and type in “<Is _________ racist/sexist>” So, while I should have been looking at new stocks for you guys […]

Psychology of Voting

How Psychology Impacts Who’s President I am putting my overpriced degree to work here by writing about one of the few lessons I’ve taken away from it. That lesson was the importance of personality. Personality is often used incorrectly such as “my personality makes me love attention; is someone who needs everything perfect; is “science-minded”; […]

The Cleanest Dirty Shirt

Now Thats a Good Looking Buck Years ago I remember hearing about a psychology study that went something like this: A random sample of men were brought in to a lab and were asked to rank-order photos of 20 women according to their attractiveness. But there was a catch, they were told that if they […]

What’s Your Threshold?

Everybody Needs to Decide Their Line in the Sand As the saying goes, it’s better to be a year too early than a day too late, which is especially relevant when it comes to leaving a place heading in an authoritarian direction. I’m motivated to write this after long discussions with my friends about relocating […]

Disability in the US

“I’m so sore even my hair hurts” Hey there Ladies and Gents, so what’s the deal with Disability in the US? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 1.5 million more people in the civilian non-institutional population had a disability in 2022 than the year before. In fact, when combined with the increase from the prior year, there are 2.7 […]

28 Reasons Why Mexico is a good place to be

Mexico as a Hideout this Decade Citizens of the world have always loved Mexico for its sunny weather, fresher food, unique culture, friendly people and lower cost of living A lot of people (myself included, initially) have moved from Europe or North America to Mexico on a more permanent basis to escape the strict government […]