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Category: Economy & Markets
How Safe Are We?
What Almost $8 Trillion in National Security Spending Bought Us By Chris Hellman The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild as those projected cuts might have been, last week newly minted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was …
The Race to the Bottom
The idea behind this post came from Bob Veres whose thoughts and writings appear from time to time in the magazines and journals that I follow regularly. This has been an up-and-down summer and there are lots of thoughts to share. 1. Emotions rule asset prices and any effort to invest rationally is doomed from …
The Risk of Loss
It is a given that when someone invests money there is a potential for loss. How much loss and when is an absolute unknown. The only protection against such a potential loss is a contractual guarantee, and even then it may not be. (See the recent debt crisis in Washington) What is possible, however, is …
One Final Bailout That Still Might Happen
Rick Newman, On Friday August 26, 2011, 3:28 pm EDT There's one big group of Americans who still haven't received much of a bailout from Washington--homeowners. Now, there's a growing chance the Obama administration may finally do something to help the little guy directly. Up till now, bailout theory has hinged on helping banks, corporations, …
Capital Market Insights – August 29, 2011
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Investors and Risk
This is from a recent article in the Financial Times. It describes something that happened in the UK but is see the same problem here in the US. I deal weekly with smart people who have virtually no financial sophistication and who find themselves in a box from which they cannot escape. Unfortunately, they are …
Who Rules America?
My son sent me this article, written by an investment manager who asked for anonymity. It appears on a web site of a professor in the California University system who is the author of a book called Who Rules America? It’s a natural follow up to my recent post about a Vexing Question. You may …
The Race for Global Leadership in the Age of Anger
This post is way beyond the intellectual scope held by a simple financial planner in little old Gainesville, Florida. However, if there is one regret I have as my life winds down, it is that I won't be here to find out how the next fifty years play out across the worlds stage. This is …
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Capital Market Insights – August 22, 2011
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