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A Slow-Burning Retirement Crisis Awaits Baby Boomers 29 Dec 2010 | 06:43 am
The Boston Globe just ran this story, and we will see far more stories like this in the years ahead. These are systemic cultural problems that cannot be solved in time for those immediately anticipat...
10 Major Differences between the Great Depression and Today’s Great Recession 17 Dec 2010 | 11:02 am
A person who was a child during the Great Depression of the 1930s would be in his or her nineties today. There is no shared national experience of the depths and devastating human impact of the Great ...
Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Don’t Be Fooled: Inflation Has the Upper Hand 10 Dec 2010 | 01:18 pm
Here at Martenson Central, we are endlessly keeping a close eye out for the emergence of deflation, defined here as the purchasing power of the dollar going up. Technically, inflation and deflation a...
Fareed Zakaria Weighs in on the President’s Deficit Commission 21 Nov 2010 | 05:09 pm
New York (CNN) — Will America’s political leaders grasp the chance to begin taming the long-term budget deficit offered by the recommendations of a presidential commission? Analyst Fareed Zakaria says...
The IPO Window is Wide Open – Joshua Brown – Freestyle – Forbes 10 Nov 2010 | 08:24 am
The IPO Window is Wide Open Nov. 7 2010 – 10:00 pm | 231 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment By JOSHUA BROWN I love seeing IPOs. After the long, miserable, frozen-markets winter, it’s nice to see th...
Feeling Sanguine about Stocks 4 Nov 2010 | 01:01 am
Feeling sanguine about stocks? Here is a data point that should give you pause. Via the AAII and James Mackintosh at the FT, holdings of cash are now at their lowest levels since March of 2000. “If th...
debt bubble 3 Nov 2010 | 02:42 pm
Do you want to see something truly frightening? Just check out the 3 charts posted further down in this article. These charts prove that we are now in the biggest debt bubble in the history of the wor...
Bush Era Tax Cut Expiration, Deficits and Financial Integrity 26 Oct 2010 | 06:30 pm
We have had an interesting, but seemingly irresponsible debate about the nature of government, taxes and deficits in our country during the current recession. There seems little reconciliation on a s...
social Security cash flow suddenly negative 15 Oct 2010 | 04:43 pm
Social Security cash flow suddenly negative By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst 06/12/10 6:54 PM EDT Here’s something I didn’t know, from financial blogger Bruce Krasting (via John Ellis): Soc...
Boomers Spending Trends vs. Retirement Savings Crisis 14 Oct 2010 | 03:06 am
What Does It Mean for Marketers If This Free-Spending Generation Starts Saving More? Posted by Matt Carmichael on 07.14.10 @ 01:06 PM Nearly half of baby boomers are “at risk” of running out of mo...
