Long-term trends grow from short term trends. We attampt to determine the short term trends and where they are pointing.
With “everyone” talking about the historically low mortgage rates you are ready to decide if it “pays” to refinance. The “rule of thumb” supplied by mortgage companies is that if you can reduce your interest rate by 1% it is usually profitable. But there is more to it than that. Like how long are you […]
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Prior to 2008 current mortgage rates were at their lowest levels in decades and many people were refinancing. At the time I warned that “this trend seems dangerous to me because rather than using this as an opportunity to shorten the life of their mortgage people are just reducing their payments.” Or worse still they were
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It is always a good idea to compare mortgage rates from several different companies. But there are several factors to keep in mind. The lowest rate isn’t always the best deal. Other factors to consider are “points” and “closing costs”. Points are simply additional finance charges tacked on to the beginning of a loan. They
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On September 22, 2011, Karen Roche and JT Long of The Energy Report interviewed renowned speculator and financial author Doug Casey on his views about uranium. Read here why Doug thinks despite the recent bad press, “yellowcake” has a bright future. The Western world’s skittishness, skepticism and staunch opposition when in comes to nuclear energy
By Jeff Clark, Casey Research Let’s just admit it: we’re invested in gold stocks not just to make money, but for the chance to change our lifestyles. And with their lackadaisical year-to-date performance, one may begin to wonder if they’re still going to bring the magic. While the answer will depend as much on the
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The attached table shows the performance of the Dow over the last 10 years by season. Note that the summer months Q3 (July- September) are the worst performing months with 6 out of 10 years being down and only 2 out of 10 being up. Q4 is historically the best performing months with 8 up
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Reviewed by Tim McMahon, editor Can you Change Your Mind and Harness the power of your brain to Develop Unshakable Confidence, Tap into your hidden talents, create “instant Rapport” with strangers, eliminate procrastination, get more done with less effort? Ralph Waldo Emerson said it this way, “Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which
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This essay from the July 2006 International Speculator captures the essence of Bud Conrad’s forward-looking, contrarian analysis… almost eerily so as we appear to be on the brink of the economic precipice described herein. By Bud Conrad, Casey Research Poor Ben Bernanke. The greatest financial train wreck in history is going to happen on his
By Doug Hornig, Casey Research I’ve used the term outrage fatigue on numerous occasions in this forum as a way of trying to explain why there has been such a muted outcry from the general population as the tally of financial atrocities committed against American citizens has exploded. August 22 was just another average day
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What do you think of when you hear the phrase stock market correction? If the major media is to be believed, a stock market correction is akin to Armageddon. The sky is falling, etc, etc. Truth be told, stock market geniuses like Billionaire Warren Buffett see corrections as a fabulous thing. It’s the flip side
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