Currencies Hold Their Gains…
Sep 9th, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: US Dollar & Forex TradingConsumer Borrowing Collapses…What’s up with sterling? Option ARMs get ready to reset…Gold falls back to below $1,000…And Now… Today’s Pfennig!
Posts Tagged ‘ Medicare ’
Seniors Beware: Deflation Hits Social Security
Aug 25th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Politics & EconomicsHere’s an interesting credit crisis byproduct: The 50 million current Social Security recipients probably won’t see any extra SS income until 2012. In fact, millions on the government dime might see their monthly checks shrink.
With National Health Plan and Carbon-Emissions Regs, Administration Aims Two More Punches at the U.S. Economic Recovery
Jun 30th, 2009 | By Peter D. Schiff | Category: Financial News, Politics & EconomicsMisguided government policies have already dealt vicious body blows to our economy, but that hasn’t stopped politicians last week from launching two new kicks to the recovery – a national health insurance plan and a carbon emissions regulation system called “cap-and-trade.”
Your Share of the Debt, GM Dies, Silver Still a Buy, A Pivot Point and More!
Jun 2nd, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Financial NewsBrother, can you spare half a million? Your family’s (new and improved) share of U.S. debt… GM officially kaput… the dirty details and a brief rant, below… Markets hit a critical “pivot point,” says Rob Parenteau… The one number from China that’s boosting stocks, commodities and currencies today… Plus, two good reasons to buy a precious metal… especially silver
Is 60K a Year Too ‘Wealthy’ For Entitlement Benefits?
May 27th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Notes From the Investment UndergroundOne of the effects of the current crisis will be severe cuts in entitlement programs for “the wealthy.” MoneyNews.com reports that anyone making more than $60,000 a year will be refused entitlement payments under new proposals from members of Congress.
Redefining Deficits, Inflation Plummets, Market and Oil Forecasts, The Dububble and More!
Dec 16th, 2008 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: Financial NewsFeel like getting angry? Treasury publishes latest debt/deficit details… But Fed now encouraged to intervene more… latest data show historic inflation drop… How to invest accordingly? Burritt on near-term trading, Grantham on the long haul… Byron King explains why $40 oil is “worst of both worlds”… Bill Jenkins explains the dollar’s recent downturn… Plus, the Dububble expands… refrigerated beaches on UAE shores…
Med and Caffeine Fixes on Every Corner?
Apr 22nd, 2008 | By Andrew Gordon | Category: Politics & EconomicsI ripped into the Wall Street Journal last week in my blog. In a front-page article, it decried the “downside” of hospitals popping up all over the country at a time when our factories are slowly but surely disappearing.
Boomers Say, “What, Me Worry?,” Goldman Issues Gloomy Forecast, Here Comes Another $250 Billion Problem, and More!
Apr 15th, 2008 | By Addison Wiggin | Category: International InvestingGen X wonders if it can ever retire. As Wall Street waits for Citi and Merrill shoes to drop, Goldman issues gloomy forecast. As if write-downs weren’t enough, here comes another $250 billion problem. A 17% first-quarter loss…When hedge funds don’t hedge. Coal prices shoot skyward… The sector ideally positioned to benefit.
