Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
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 […]
Guide to Real Estate Investing Read More »
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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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
U.S. Stocks- The Long Ride Nowhere Read More »
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
Is Your Vote for Sale? Read More »
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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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
U.S. Findings of the Ernst & Young Global Consumer Insurance Survey Read More »
The news Tuesday regarding the latest European bailout program could ignite another leg up in stocks. Spain may ask for “bailout lite”, which would take the form of a “precautionary” credit line from the European Union. The bond market also received some good news on the ratings front. From the Wall Street Journal: In a
Is Another Risk-On, Bailout-Induced Rally Beginning? Read More »
Is the Federal Reserve really doing such a bad job… or does it actually do exactly what it’s supposed to do, but the average American is in the dark about what that is? In this explosive video, Casey Summit speaker G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island, talks about the Fed’s real
The Fed’s sole purpose: keeping the banks afloat Read More »
The size of the wave will surprise most everyone If you’re a passenger aboard a ship in deep water, you can’t detect a tsunami; the swells are indistinguishable from regular ocean waves. Wave lengths can be hundreds of miles long, but only when this energy reaches shallow water does the mammoth tsunami wall form —
The Financial Tsunami Headed To Shore Has Been Building for 80 Years Read More »
Editor’s Note: Several years ago, I was in Thailand and decided to visit Myanmar (formerly Burma) from the Thai border town of Mae Sai just to get another stamp in my passport… I’ve visited a lot of third world countries and seen some pretty nasty stuff, including rats the size of cats in the Ivory Coast and
Monetary Mayhem From Myanmar Read More »
