Top U.S. Trading Partners
International Trade is a major component of US commerce. The top 15 U.S. trading partners accounted for 75.3% of total US imports and 71.7% of exports.
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Economic Trends
Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
Growth in the Use of Binary Options (Why people are choosing them)
Binary Options are everywhere these days. Today we will look at what makes them so appealing and why traders are switching from trading pure Forex, stocks or commodities to trading Binary Options on the same asset classes.
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Understanding Student Loan Consolidation Rates
These days many recent graduates of colleges and universities have to deal with massive student loans. Often, seeing that lump of debt can be overwhelming, and the process can be even more difficult when you are dealing with several different payments per month. Understanding student loan consolidation rates may help you to better deal with these issues.
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Student Loan Trends
Back in 2007 the Sub-prime mortgage bubble popped and almost took the entire banking system with it. The reason the bubble was able to get that big was because of the backing of the Federal Government. Without government backing the market would not have trusted those risky loans and the bubble would never have formed
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Re-emergent house flippers are set to flop.
Two years before the housing bust became painfully obvious to U.S. homeowners, EWI’s publications warned subscribers that the housing market had reached extremes and was about to bust. Now, lofty expectations for home prices have returned. So have house “flippers.” Is it different this time? Is it safe again to speculate in U.S. real estate?
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Improving Your Health While Saving Money
Improving Your Health Your health and your finances are two of the more crucial commodities in life – It’s said that the young will give up their health for money and the old will gladly give up their money for health. So why not take care of both at the same time? If you incorporate
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The Trend Toward Buying Online is Growing
Clicks vs. Bricks With the huge popularity of the internet it’s no longer uncommon for people to do their discretionary shopping online. The trend is towards more and more online purchases. According to the U.S. Census Bureau News, eCommerce for the 3rd Quarter of 2012 was 5.2% of total retail sales while it was only 1.7% of total
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Catastrophe Bonds
Anytime a hurricane or other natural disaster is predicted to strike, it causes widespread uncertainty in the stock market. Although the people who are in the path of an upcoming storm place their focus on staying safe and protecting their homes and businesses, investors around the country pay closer attention to their investments in an
Real Estate Trends: Martha’s Vineyard
In recent years, real estate has suffered major price setbacks due to foreclosures, and the supply overhang of foreclosed real estate. But the old adage of Real Estate value, Location, Location, Location still applies. Today we will look at Real Estate in one of the prime locations in the U.S.: Martha’s Vineyard. Real Estate Trends: Martha’s
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The Five Key Investment Criteria
by Dennis Miller Do not do what I did and start reading newsletters and buying into investments because they sound like winners. A recent reader question is from Alex L, who is a member of my Super Sports Roadster club, a “collaborator-friend,” and big help in getting the Miller’s Money Forever project started: “Dennis, you
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