Apr 27 2012
Watch Out! Is the Fed Pushing Us into Another Bubble?Sheila Bair, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, argues in the attached Fortune article that “it’s time for policy makers to loosen their grip on interest rates.” While the Fed’s low interest policy has kept Treasury bond prices high and spurred stock market gains, [...]
Apr 10 2012
Gold’s Sentiment Foundation Continues to Get Stronger and Stronger Mark Hulbert is well known for his work using the opinions of newsletter writers as contrarian indicators when their published opinions become abnormally one-sided. This article published on Marketwatch.com summarizes his current work that indicates an unusual level of bearish sentiment among gold traders. As sentiment [...]
Apr 10 2012
Is this where it starts? Tax the rich…then who? It’s no secret that the US budget is bursting at the seams and tough decisions must be made to reign in spiraling expenditures, but is taxing the rich the solution. At first blush, it’s easy to say, tax the Buffets of the world. Heck, if it [...]
Apr 4 2012
Home Prices Seen Dropping 10% in U.S. on Foreclosures In recent commentaries, we have discussed the growing evidence of stabilization in the housing market driven by lower inventory levels and an uptick in building permits. This article from Bloomberg discusses a potential headwind facing the burgeoning housing recovery as a large supply of distressed homes [...]
Apr 3 2012
Are the Vultures circling? Or, are they already on the ground picking through the mounds of foreclosed properties? The article(s) suggests that large investment groups are already purchasing them by the thousands. Further, other articles (see links below for WSJ, Barron’s and Video with Warren Buffet [5:15min]) suggest single family homes may have bottomed and [...]
Apr 2 2012
Quote of the week. “He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.” –Edgar Fiedler Weekly Tip. At a 4% rate of inflation, expenses will double every 18 years. That’s a pretty good argument for growth investing in retirement. HIGH GAS PRICES DON’T DENT PERSONAL SPENDING Consumer spending increased by 0.8% [...]
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