Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
Editor’s Note: In the following excellent article Brandon Smith argues that world-wide, Socialism is a failure and that America can’t afford it and therefore it can’t be implemented. I’m not so sure. Politicians are known for implementing things we can’t afford and the consequences often take longer to be realized than a thinking person would […]
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Editor’s Note: Although this article specifically mentions events in the U.K. it is equally applicable to events and situations in the U.S. I just finished reading best selling author Michael Lewis’ excellent book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine which fully details the inside workings of the U.S. SubPrime Bond market that led up to the 2008
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These days, when we hear about “debt” in the news media, it is often Greece’s debt that is the topic of discussion. According to the media it seems that Greece’s debe must be way out of proportion with the rest of the world. Many experts believe that no matter how much austerity is imposed Greece will never be able to repay
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Students with a small amount of savings on the side might want to consider putting their nest egg in secure investments so that it grows over time. A savings account from a bank will hardly accrue any interest, and a CD will often yield little more. The obvious choices left are stocks and bonds, two of
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Euro-Crash In an interview with Louis James, world traveler and legendary speculator Doug Casey makes a compelling case for becoming a “permanent tourist” to be best able to survive the coming economic crash. Louis James: So Doug, you’re off to FreedomFest shortly, where people will be able to hear your latest thoughts on many subjects.
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Business Accounting Trends When the average person thinks about accounting, more often than not they visualize the CPA that helps them file a tax return. However, more and more companies are hiring accountants to work on staff as full time employees to manage corporate budgets, accounts payable and receivable, to present financial reports to investors
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Factoring Accounts Receivable Factoring is a means for a company to raise money without involving a bank in the process and it does not involve getting more debt. It is actually selling an asset owned by the company, i.e. their accounts receivable. The company (also known as the “seller”) sells their uncollected invoices to a
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Forex Currency Markets You may think trading in the in Forex Currency Markets is an entirely different ball game than trading in the stock market. But, they both rely on many of the same rules. The same two principles still apply. Whether you’re trading in stocks or currencies, both technical and fundamental analysis still applies.
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Just how will the sovereign debt crisis end? By Elliott Wave International We’ve all heard the line: Let me give it to you straight. And in speaking to his counterparts in Spain, an Irish economist did just that. Ireland has this banking advice for Spain: imagine the worst and double it. [emphasis added] Like Ireland,
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Editor’s Note: It is always a good idea to look at charts one or more levels bigger than the time frame that you are trading. If you are trading short term (scalping) minute by minute look at the hourly and daily charts. If you are day trading by the hour look at the daily
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