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Your Fall Housing Market Update
Every few months for the past couple of years, I’ve made it a point to update you on the state of the housing market. I…
30Oct2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedHow a Middle Class Disappears
Whiskey & Gunpowder: Many people write of the imminent destruction of the U.S. middle class (of which I consider myself a member) but few have…
30Oct2009 | The Real Deal | 0 comments | ContinuedAbolishing Risk Destroys America and Your Wealth
Our willingness to engage in risks drives our prosperity. We urgently need a public debate on risk, one driven by reason, not emotion. Without risk,…
26Oct2009 | Merk Investments | 0 comments | ContinuedYet Another Government Insult to Retirement Incomes
As if it isn’t bad enough that most retirement portfolios are still down significantly from their levels a year or two ago … that housing…
20Oct2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedGetting a New Job Will Get More Difficult
Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current…
28Sep2009 | The Real Deal | 1 comment | ContinuedPension Plan Shocker Dead Ahead!
I’ve talked about corporate pension plans before, but in a few short weeks I think we’re going to get some shocking news. Namely, that the…
17Sep2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedPassionate Plea From Asia
I’m writing you today from Asia with a passionate plea to our country — to its citizens and especially to our leaders in Washington.
We are…
15Sep2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedConsumers and the Recession
Where we are in this recession is something the economic historians will decide. What we’ve become during this recession is already evident. Whether it’s scaling…
2Sep2009 | Invest With An Edge | 0 comments | ContinuedInvesting 101: Six Factors That Determine Your Investment Portfolio Value
Imagine trying to tackle algebra, geometry, or calculus without understanding basic mathematics.
Clearly, you wouldn’t get far.
Yet it’s not uncommon to run into investors who are…
20Aug2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Problem with Sticking It to Your Creditors
In the past several days, the Dollar Index has resumed its swan-diving ways. This benchmark index, which tracks the performance of the U.S. dollar against…
14Aug2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedJob Interview Strategies
Congratulations. You just got the call, or the e-mail, confirming that you’ve been selected to interview for that new job that you want so badly.…
14Aug2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedTaxes Are Going Up… Here’s Three Ways to Play the Coming Tax Increase
Taxes are going to go up. I’m not happy about it, and I’m sure most Americans are as steamed as I am.
But here’s the stark…
12Aug2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedUsing the Internet to a Better Job
Most everyone’s probably heard the saying: “You can find anything you want on the Internet.”
We’re here to tell you that this bit of wisdom is…
29Jul2009 | Money Morning | 1 comment | ContinuedMeet the Thrifty American
Sometimes when we’re analyzing market trends … figuring out which investments to buy … or just trying to live our daily lives, we miss the…
21Jul2009 | Money and Markets | 1 comment | ContinuedCredit Losses Rising Anywhere and Everywhere
Remember when policymakers at the Federal Reserve told us in 2007 and 2008 that the credit problems were “contained†to the subprime mortgage sector? Or…
13Jul2009 | Money and Markets | 1 comment | ContinuedRecent Minimum Wage Hike Too Costly For Employers?
In a free market, demand is always a function of price: The higher the price, the lower the demand. What may surprise most politicians is…
13Jul2009 | Money Morning | 1 comment | Continued
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