My comment: The nature of this prediction has more to do with the viability of certain Wall Street companies than it does Main Street companies. However, the people quoted and the sophistication of their respective enterprises suggests to me that if they are correct, it will be a result of a market rebound that in …
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My Comment: Over the recent holiday weeks, I had a conversation with someone who, when hearing what I did for a living, said that he got so burned during the 2008 market crash that he does his own investing now and refuses help from anyone. His comment was that if he was going to lose …
Will knowing what they are help you make better decisions? Humans are thinking and feeling beings. We make decisions both cognitively and emotionally. As investors, we incorporate objective information, past experiences, assumptions, beliefs, and feelings—among a host of other factors—to make economic decisions. Unfortunately, we also fall prey to a variety of biases that can …
My Comment: In the interest of starting this year on a positive note, I found this article that tends to support my feeling (not always a good thing) that 2012 will be a good year for investments. That being said, the last and 5th Idea is far too technical for me and perhaps for you. …
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This is a comment I came upon recently but cannot source. Mindful that the deficit is a major concern for all of us, and mindful that I am personally a recipient of a monthly check from Social Security, I want to share this with you. The question whether I am contributing to the deficit by …
Continue reading Expert: Social Security Doesn’t Contribute to the Deficit
Until April of 2011, I was in the camp of those advisors scratching our heads, trying to figure out where the markets were heading. The idea is always to help our clients make money with their investments, since that’s the best way for us to make money. However, last April I started moving my clients …
By Christopher S. Rugaber WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than two and a half years, as employers stepped up hiring in response to the slowly improving economy. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped sharply to 8.6 percent last month, down …
Continue reading Unemployment Rate Falls to Lowest Since March 2009
Two key paragraphs from the latest comments from Tom Barnett as they appeared last Monday in the World Politics Review. The United States is on the verge of an industrial renaissance, according to energy experts enthusiastic about technological advances surrounding the “fracking” of shale gas and the processing of “tight oil.” America is sitting on …
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