Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
There are so many different investment instruments available today that it can be difficult to determine which is right for you. If you only have a small amount of investment capital that you are using as a means to get your “feet wet” in the investment marketplace, the decision can be daunting. This is why […]
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Tax Liens- Every homeowner, has to pay property taxes. If these taxes aren’t paid, the city or county imposes a tax lien against the property. Some states allow investors to purchase tax lien certificates at auction. As an investor buying these certificates, you buy the right to pay of this debt and in exchange collect interest on
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Harry Truman in a fit of exasperation over the advice he was getting from his economic adviser said that what he really needed was a one-handed economist. This stems from a tendency of economic analysis to offer alternatives simultaneously, creating an “on the one hand, this and on the other hand, that” outlook on a
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Forex trading is mainly considered an over the counter financial market, aka. “off-exchange trading” this means that trades are conducted directly between two parties. This is contrasted with exchange trading, which occurs via facilities constructed for the purpose of trading (i.e. exchanges), such as futures exchanges or stock exchanges. The Forex exchange market is responsible for determining the relative
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the only global carbon trading system which is designed to create funding to give poor countries access to new energy technologies; and it is on the verge of collapse. The UN’s system has raised billions of dollars over the past seven years to develop renewable energy projects, such as
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Health Insurance- The stated purpose of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka. ObamaCare) is to provide affordable health insurance to everyone. In fact, the program actually penalizes anyone who does not pay for coverage. The largest victims, however, are businesses who fund their own insurance program in order to keep it cost-effective. Assessment for
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Natural Gas Trends: Europe- Gazprom has Europe’s natural gas market in a stranglehold and Europe is attempting to fight back, first with a raid last year on the Russian giant’s offices and then with a probe launched earlier this week against its allegedly illicit efforts to control the EU’s natural gas supplies. The bottom line
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Healthy Economy- We often hear phrases that make sense, but have you considered their meaning? One such phrase is a “healthy” economy. How is good or bad “health,” in this context, determined? Well, a healthy economy is one that is productive. Production is the process of creating values that other people in the marketplace want
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Keynesian vs. Austrian Economics- Economics is the lifeblood of every nation. How money flows through from employers, to employees, to governments, and back again is the basic idea of economics. There are many different theories on how economics actually works however. Two prominent economic theories that are often hotly debated are Keynesian and Austrian economics. The
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History books call the period after the War of 1812 “The Era of Good Feelings.” America was a young nation that had a sense of purpose. National political strife was at a minimum; optimism was in the air. Major advances in technology and engineering brought the country turnpikes for easier travel and “The Canal Craze”
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