Economic Outlook
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Time to Take a Personal Financial Inventory
It’s the first week of the first month of a brand new year, and that means now is a great time to get your fiscal house in order. Over the next four weeks, I will be taking you through four easy assignments that will help you to get on top of your 2011 financial goals. […]
My Gift to You this Holiday Season
Hello and happy holidays! Now that we’ve entered the final month of what has been a very volatile, and extremely eventful, year in the financial markets, I thought it would be an appropriate time to start thinking about the best way to get ready for what I suspect will be both a challenging and a […]
China: Inflation Nation
China is in the news again, but this time, the country is in the news for something that its economic gurus didn’t do — they didn’t raise interest rates. Most China watchers thought that the Beijing regime would move interest rates higher after a consumer price report that showed a 5.1% increase in November to […]
The Tax Deal and Bond Yields
The big talk in Washington and on Wall Street is the proposed deal on an extension of the Bush tax cuts. Although the deal, worked out by President Obama and Republican leaders in Congress, hasn’t yet been made official, the details of the plan most likely will adhere to the key provisions that the president […]
A Little Holiday Inflation Fun
Now that the Thanksgiving holiday is behind us, most of us have diverted our holiday attention to Christmas. I’m sure you’ve already been to a retail store or restaurant where they are playing Christmas music, and one of the most beloved songs during this holiday season is “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” That song contains […]
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Lessons Learned in 2010, Part I
Discipline is the way that I live To mankind I’ve much to give Won’t let you bring me down I’ll knock you out within one round –Mind of Substance, “Discipline” Being that we now have entered the final month of the year, I thought it would be an appropriate time to begin getting you ready […]
Big Trouble in Asia
The big headlines pushing the equity markets lower right now are coming out of Asia. Last week, we saw China take yet another step to put the brakes on inflation, as that country’s central bank raised bank reserve requirement ratios for the second time in just over two weeks. Unlike here in the United States, […]
The Fed Gets Skewered by a Cartoon
Every once in a while, a humorist or satirist hits the proverbial nail on the head. This is certainly the case with a viral video posted on YouTube titled, “Quantitative Easing Explained.” This animated video features two cartoon bears discussing the Fed’s recent QE2 bond-buying plan and the motivation behind it. The video is one […]
The Most Important Teleconference of the Year
On Saturday, Nov. 6, I hosted what I think was the most important investor teleconference of the year. The title of this presentation was “The Election’s Over — Now What Do I Do with My Money.” As the title suggests, we talked about the new makeup of the next Congress, but more importantly, we talked […]
Come on up for the Rising 11-10-10
Come on up for the rising, Come on up for the rising tonight –Bruce Springsteen, “The Rising” Another consequence of the Fed’s QE2 is going to be a rise in “long-term” Treasury bond yields. I say “long-term” in quotes because in the Fed’s actual statement, the verbiage used was “longer-term” Treasury bonds. You see, the […]
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