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The best way to get through a debt crisis?

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Bill Bonner | Category: Featured, Politics & Economics

What’s the best way to get through a debt crisis? Straight through was our advice last week. For at least a thousand years, the business cycle went round and round without help from central bankers or economists. It is only since these geniuses have been on the case that really serious problems have arisen.



Harry Dent: Bold Predictions of the Great Depression Ahead

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Alexander Green | Category: Stock Market Investing

As they said in the movie “Poltergeist”: “They’re baaa-aaack.”



Social Security? Not Exactly

Aug 18th, 2009 | By Joel Bowman | Category: Politics & Economics

The first public retirement pension scheme was created by Otto von Bismarck in 1880 Germany. Fifty years later, during the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt followed suit in the United States. As we’ve seen, the number of people expected to reach the retirement age of 65 was not considered to pose a threat to future funding.



Why There Is an 81% Chance This Rally Won’t Survive September

Aug 11th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Stock Market Investing, Top Story

The rally in US stocks that began on March 9, 2009 has seen a 49.4% gain. And despite our deep suspicions here at Notes, it’s lasted 22 weeks. Does this mean we’re tempted to buy into stocks now?



Excerpt from ‘The Hard Math of Demography’

Aug 7th, 2009 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: Politics & Economics

Social Security? Not Exactly



The FDIC is in Trouble

Aug 5th, 2009 | By Bud Conrad | Category: Politics & Economics

As we all know, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) guarantees depositors that they’ll get their money back if a bank fails, at least up to a certain amount. To fund its operations, the FDIC collects small fees from the banks that are held in reserve for the purpose of taking over troubled banks and paying off depositors.



Irrational Exuberance Continues

Jul 31st, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Stock Market Investing

The stock market is about to finish the best July since 1989. The S&P 500 is up over 8% this month, its best month since April and best July in 20 years. After yesterday’s 1% rally, the index is up to 987. Baring catastrophe today, the S&P will register its fifth consecutive monthly gain.



Retail Sector Faces Uphill Climb in 2009

Jul 20th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

Retail investors had a rough go of things in the first half, but since the March lows of all the markets, the Standard & Poor’s Retail Index is showing progress toward its 52-week high of 427.13.



The House that Recovery Built

Jul 20th, 2009 | By Joel Bowman | Category: Financial News

“Recession easing, but not over: survey.” This morning’s headline, as far as we can tell, only goes to prove that Mark Twain should be quoted far more often: “If you don’t read the paper, you’re uninformed. If you do, you’re misinformed.”



Guess What Really Brought Us out of the Great Depression?

Jul 14th, 2009 | By Justice Litle | Category: Politics & Economics

Does “stimulus” really work? Does quantitative easing work? The historical record suggests not. So what brought us out of the Great Depression? The answer might surprise, even though it shouldn’t…  A grumpy President Obama says that the $787 billion dollar stimulus package “has worked as intended.”