The Road to Retirement Security: Time Is Your Ally
During the twentieth century, when industrialized America was at full throttle, it was common for companies to offer employees a lifetime pension based on a formula. The formula for this Defined...
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Unemployment And The Presidential Election: An Historical Perspective
The economy may have become the single most important issue in modern-day politics. Since the day President Clinton uttered the words, “It’s the economy stupid,” the economy seems to have taken center...
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Home Sweet Home: The Housing Market in Perspective
In the aftermath of the housing market crash of 2008, we have come to realize just how important home ownership is to our nation’s economy. Nicknamed, “The American Dream,” the idea of home ownership...
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The Real Story Of Job Creation
When it comes to the financial markets, there is no data more important than the monthly jobs report from the Labor Department. Today we learned that 171,000 new jobs were added during the month of...
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Obama Wins: What Happens Next?
How will the economy perform and what effect could a second Obama term have on the financial markets? Will the fiscal cliff come to fruition and, if so, what affect could it have on the economy? These...
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Obamacare: Part II
In my first installment of this series we discussed some of the new taxes that will be levied as a result of Obamacare. In this article, we’ll continue to unwrap this massive piece of legislation and...
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ObamaCare, Part III: Who Will Benefit The Most?
Barack Obama signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act This is the third and final article in a series on Obamacare. In the first article we discussed some new taxes. In the second we...
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The Fiscal Cliff: Lookout Below!
In my last three articles, (Obamacare Part I: New Taxes; Obamacare Part II: New Rules; Obamacare Part III: Who Benefits the Most) we examined the changes that will occur with Obamacare. As promised, in...
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The Fiscal Cliff: Who Will Blink First?
With the election behind us, I thought we would enjoy a hiatus from the political bickering in Washington. Alas, I was wrong. Filling the pre-election void is the fiscal cliff debate which is...
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The Fiscal Cliff: The Perfect Storm And The Collapse Of The Dollar?
The American economy is massive and extremely resilient. However, today, there are events converging into what could result in the “Financial Storm of the Century.” Although this may be slightly...
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The Fiscal Cliff: Kids Will Be Kids
Not to make light of a serious situation, but it strikes me that Washington is acting more like children than adults when it comes to solving our nations fiscal issues. America’s mounting debt is an...
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The Fiscal Cliff: The Deal of The Century?
A tentative agreement was reached in Washington today concerning the fiscal cliff. Although it hasn’t passed the Senate, a framework was laid out for what could be the final deal. Assuming it passes...
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Financial Market Forecast
The forecast today is cold with an 80% chance of precipitation. Ok, after all, it is January. There are times when the weather is hard to forecast. However, forecasting the financial markets with any...
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The Demise Of The Middle Class?
America was founded on the premise of government “of the people, by the people and for the people.” As such, it becomes necessary to collect money from the people since the government is not a...
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CORRECTION! Although the numbers are now correct, I wrote “federal goverment” employees where it should read “government” employees. Sorry for the error. In my previous article, we discussed one cause...
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Foreign Aid: Money Down A Rat Hole?
see photosAFP/Getty ImagesClick for full photo gallery: Corruption Vs. Foreign Aid I was watching the news recently as they discussed U.S. government foreign aid. More specifically, they focused on a...
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How The Fed Came To Be
F. Augustus Heinze The Bank Panic of 1907 is considered the primary catalyst in the creation of the Federal Reserve System. As you might imagine, there were some very colorful characters and cunning...
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The Fed, Act II, Scene I: The Art Of Perception!
In my last article, we discussed the events that preceded the creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913. In this post, I’ll dig a bit deeper into the actions of our government and the Fed, and...
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Is Monetary Policy Losing Its Effectiveness?
As watchman of the nation’s money supply, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has the task of increasing or decreasing it as appropriate to foster price stability and low unemployment. This has been part of the...
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Fed Part IV: Where Is All That Money?
This is the last in a series on the Federal Reserve. In the first article, we discussed how and why it was created. In the second, we looked at how Chairman Bernanke is engaged in a battle of...
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