Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
In today’s article we look at, what effect do the three “D’s” debt, deficits, and demographics have on the economy? Do different generations have different expectations based on the economic environment they grew up in? The past 60 years—which we think of as “normal”— enjoyed a demographic tailwind which we can quantify. It was worth […]
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Everyone is aware that the “recovery” is lame and is primarily an illusion due to the printing of funny money by the FED. What effect will it have if the FED shut off the spigot over night? Well just the thought of that idea recently sent shivers down the DOW’s spine. So Bernanke had to
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Civil engineers play a vital role in planning, designing and supervising construction and maintenance of many types of projects. These include not only buildings but infrastructure and facilities that include roads, bridges, harbors, dams, pipelines and sewer systems. These engineers have extensive training that help them to consider all aspects of each project and use
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Student loan rates have a huge effect on how much American students will end up paying for their college education. Every year there are changing rates and policies regarding student loans, so keeping up with them can be difficult. Here are some of the latest policy and rate updates. Student Rates Won’t Be Doubling In early 2013,
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The emergence of new technology in healthcare has and will have profound effects on quality of life, as well as the ability to save more lives. From new inventions in imaging to spreading virtual care by internet and sensors, to machines that can resolve problems and make surgery unnecessary, the future of mankind’s health appears
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Ever since the onset of what is now being called “The Great Recession”, people have been discussing ways to help prop up the economy and reduce unemployment. One of the most prominent suggestions is to increase the government’s infrastructure investment. This strategy is favored by Keynesian economists as a way to stimulate the economy. In fact, it has
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Older investors are starved for income investments that don’t require them to take on undue risk. The days of 7% CDs are gone and not coming back any time soon. There are however, investments were we can still get decent yield if we’re willing to take on a little more risk and to more actively monitor our portfolio. In this article we’ll cover some of those.
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Since January of this year, it has been evident that the rate of corporate insolvencies in the UK is on the decline. Although it would be nice to think that the economy is improving, there are strong indications that the markets have yet to recover. In fact, the Belfast Telegraph reported that the International Monetary
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In 1977, Congress amended The Federal Reserve Act, stating the monetary policy objectives of the Federal Reserve are “to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices and moderate long-term interest rates”.
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The healthcare systems in the U.K. and U.S. are vastly different, although the health-care system in the U.S. is currently undergoing changes that will address one of the key areas where it has been criticized — in terms of universal coverage.
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