The business world is closely tied to the world of politics, with trade liable to be put in peril or even shut down at a moment’s notice if a nation’s government puts a lid on it. Diplomatic efforts can either grease the wheels of individual businesses through granting monopolies or promote free-trade that can bring […]
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In the current tax season, one of the greatest challenges of business, especially in the US, is the inevitable tax increase especially since the government is likely to implement the increases hand in hand with government spending cuts. This situation is causing a high level of uncertainty in business taxes and could potentially have significant repercussions. In view of the uncertainty in this tax season, it is also important for you to understand how various factors may affect your business’ bottom line.
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The Dow has been setting record highs for over a week now. You’d think the economy was booming or something. But as I’ve said before perhaps it is all just “funny money.” Is it possible that even though inflation isn’t affecting the price of most commodities it is affecting the stock market? After all, if people are concerned about their future, rather than spending money they save it but if the banks aren’t paying enough interest to cover inflation perhaps you might consider putting it in a mutual fund? That would drive up the price of stocks encouraging more people to choose mutual funds over banks. Hmmm. In today’s article Eric Frye looks at the stock market in a very different way.Â
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Yesterday Rand Paul made a stand against big uncontrolled government and specifically against drone strikes on U.S. citizens on American soil and before it was all over he had lit up Twitter world-wide. “Stand with Rand” became the most most Tweeted phrase in many places around the world.
Are the Sequestration spending cuts really as bad as the President wants you to believe? Today we will look at how it works and what it’s really all about.
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The following is a sample from Elliott Wave International’s new 40-page report, The State of the Global Markets — 2013 Edition: The Most Important Investment Report You’ll Read This Year. This article was originally published in the October 2012 issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast. When government gets into the act of speculation, the
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by David Galland, Managing Director Every nation-state has a body of laws woven into the fabric of society. As Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto has commented on extensively, the stronger the rule of law, the stronger the economy. And by “stronger” laws, I mean laws that are impervious to tampering for personal or political gains.
AIG is suing the Government. At first it seems highly ungrateful for AIG to sue its “White Knight” who swooped in to rescue it in its time of need. But when we look a bit deeper we may find that all is not as it seemed at the time. Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky,
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How the Federal Reserve is Showing Financial Fear Think about one of those movie scenes when the leading man does all he can to defeat the big, bad enemy — punches, kicks, slams, stabs, shoots — but the bad guy just won’t go down. In fact he doesn’t even look fazed. That’s when the protagonist
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Was the U.S. Ratings Downgrade from AAA to AA in 2011 a Problem? Before Standard & Poor’s cut the United States’ credit rating last summer, few economists or politicians believed that the United States could ever lose its gold-standard AAA rating. As a stable, vibrant democracy backed by a strong military, it was inconceivable that
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