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Is the U.S. Becoming a Police State?

Economic Trends, Government, Socioeconomics / By Casey Research

In the following article Doug Casey addresses the issue of the trend toward less and less freedom in America as the TSA and the Federal Government usurps power reserved for the individual states. He also address “thought crimes,” the Civil War, the Constitution, social and economic freedom, secession, the Bill of Rights, the assassination of US citizens, arbitrary justice, indefinite detention, warrant-less searches, […]

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Refinancing Your Home Mortgage

General, Housing, Mortgage / By Guest Contributor

Refinancing your home mortgage to a lower rate will not only reduce your monthly payments, it will also significantly reduce your overall debt burden. One percentage point in interest rates can add up to many thousands of dollars in savings in interest payments. In fact, most people find that when they reduce their interest rates

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Prices of Real Estate in Chandigarh India are Surging!

Economic Trends, Housing, Real Estate / By Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: Today we are presenting a unique article on Real Estate in India. In the past we have covered Housing and Real Estate in general, Mortgages, Home Owners Insurance, refinancing, foreclosure, Overseas Investing and Dubai Real Estate Market Trends. Over the last few days I’ve been locked in a room with HGTV and watched several episodes of House Hunters International. So

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Sell My House Quickly

Housing, Real Estate / By Guest Contributor

What if I Need to Sell My House Quickly? There are times when it is a “seller’s market” and homes sell quickly. This is not one of them. With all the foreclosures on the market, buyers have an abundance of houses to choose from. Some markets have houses that are selling for literally half of

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Guide to Real Estate Investing

Housing, Real Estate / By Guest Contributor

During the first few years of the new Millennium, Real Estate Investing was all the rage. People believed that housing prices only went up and never down. Real Estate was seen as the easy road to riches, courses and seminars on real estate investing were everywhere. They taught that the key was to mortgage everything

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Equality – The Unattainable Socialist Ideal

Government, Socialism / By Guest Contributor

We all dream of “Equality”… it is the American ideal, after all “All men are created Equal” but the constitution doesn’t guarantee prosperity and/or happiness only “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” note that it says the PURSUIT of happiness i.e. we are allowed to chase it, but the government is not obligated to provide it for

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U.S. Stocks- The Long Ride Nowhere

Investing, Stock Market / By Elliott Wave International

In the following article by Elliott Wave International we will take a long term look at the U.S. Stock market. Note the chart does it look like a giant head and shoulders top to you? U.S. Stocks: Where We’re Going After years of campaigning and billions of dollars spent, the U.S. Congress is virtually no

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Is Your Vote for Sale?

Energy, Government, Natural Gas, Socioeconomics / By Guest Contributor

In the following article Tony Sagami of Uncommon Wisdom, shows how election results can be accurately predicted based on economic factors. In our Misery Index we show how two simple factors like inflation and unemployment were the basis of the original idea of predicting election results based on economic factors. But today Tony shows how

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What are Exchange Traded Funds?

Mutual Funds, Stock Market / By Guest Contributor

Introduction to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Exchange traded funds are investment funds that are similar to mutual funds in that they can hold a range of assets and commodities. Although most exchange traded funds hold portfolios representative of either bond or stock market indexes, there are also exchange traded funds that invest based on more exotic

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U.S. Findings of the Ernst & Young Global Consumer Insurance Survey

Economic Trends / By Guest Contributor

In the interest of understanding insurance consumers, what drives them to purchase, how their understanding of insurance changes, and what their behavior patterns indicate, Ernst & Young conducted a 2012 survey of 24,000 consumers, 2,000 of which operated in the U.S. Comprised of life/annuity and property/casualty insurance products, the Global Consumer Insurance Survey was designed

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