Today we will look at some other trends making their mark on the current direction of Europe’s markets. Should you invest in the Eurozone, or should you bide your time? Let’s take a look at what various experts across the board are saying.
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If you are looking to expand your investment portfolios and invest in some commodities, silver can be an excellent option. This metal offers considerable promise for both the most experienced investor looking to increase their assets and the curious newbie just beginning to develop an investment strategy. Many investors appreciate the security that precious metals, such as gold and silver, can offer, making them popular options. Silver in particular, however, has shown considerable promise, making it worthwhile for investors to take a careful look at this metal.
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Many people today are convinced that the good times are behind us… that the 1950’s were truly the “Happy Days”… that there is more war and terrorism today than ever before… that in essence “the world is going to hell in a hand basket”. But Dr. David Eifrig has a different perspective.
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For the fourth year in a row, Finland ranked No.1 in press freedom, as ranked in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders. While Finland set the gold-standard for press freedom, close runners-up for a second-straight year included the Netherlands and Norway.
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It seems like almost daily we are hearing of more and more government encroachment on our freedom and liberty, whether it is the IRS targeting certain groups or NSA evesdropping on private conversations or even passing around “captured” pictures but today we are going to look at the practices of the Department of Justice (DOJ). In this article Leif Simon of “The Offshore Living Letter” takes a look at “Operation Choke Point”.
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The FED Thinks it has a “Magic Wand” that can boost the economy and solve all of our country’s problems. But as interest rates near zero… Housing is a major portion of GDP and lower interest rates make housing more affordable, thus boosting the economy but there is an actual limit to how low-interest rates can go and a theoretical limit to how long they can stay at zero.
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The wealth effect has been used as a justification for quantitative easing and a root cause of consistent overly optimistic growth expectations by the Federal Open Market Committee. The Fed’s over reliance on the so-called “wealth effect,” is a major cause of this optimism and consistently wrong projections. The wealth effect says that an increase in consumer wealth, through higher stock prices or home values will lead to increased consumer spending.
Research suggests that the concept of a wealth effect is in fact deeply flawed. It is unfortunate that the FOMC has relied on this flawed concept to experiment with over $3 trillion in asset purchases and continues to use it as the basis for what we believe are overly optimistic growth expectations.
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Ukraine: Three Views By John Mauldin All eyes are on Ukraine as the drama continues to unfold. Today, for an early Outside the Box, I’m going to offer three sources on Ukraine. The first is a note that I got from the head of emerging-market trading at one of the world’s largest hedge funds. This
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Asbestos litigation has been a hot topic since asbestos was banned in 1977. For more than 30 years new cases have continued to be diagnosed. As more and more cases of asbestos continue coming in, the trend in asbestos litigation in the United States is on the rise, with respect to average settlements, costs, attorney’s fees, and outside financing. Those who have been exposed to asbestos and suffered, as a result, may be entitled to compensation for pain and suffering, hospital bills, and lost wages.
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For two centuries the Kurdish people have been fighting for independence from their Arab neighbors. The Kurdish region is located along the border where Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria meet. The Kurds have been subject to repression and often genocide but continue to fight for independence. Today we will look at the most recent economic skirmish between the new Iraqi government and the Kurds. At first, it may appear that it is simply a battle for Oil revenue but there is more to it than that.
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