Subscribe to RSSA National Debt That Will Never Be Repaid
As you read this, the U.S. government owes just a sliver under $14 trillion dollars to various suckers who’ve lent it money. And it wants to borrow more. Timothy...
Trouble in Retail: Three Charts from the Frontlines
Here’s one for the bears…. December retail sales came in on the soft side this morning as the all important Christmas numbers failed to meet analysts’...
Forget Buying in the Suburbs and Go Rent in the City
It’s getting more expensive to live in Baltimore….at least if you’re a renter. According to a recent article in the Baltimore Sun rents are up more than 6%...
Weekend: Wall of Worry
Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition— our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles....
Magnum to Take Over NGAS Resources – Analyst Blog
Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation announced the acquisition of NGAS Resources for approximately $98 million in stock and debt. Read the original post: Magnum...
Bumpy Road Ahead for Gold and Blue Chip Stocks :: The Market …
So what we’re doing now is buying what we think are the best hedges against inflation—energy, agriculture and hard money—silver and gold bullion . We’re...
The Top 25 Financial Stories of 2010
So long farewell, auf weidersehen good-bye 2010. I can’t say that I will miss you. In the meantime, let’s hope 2011 isn’t the year that all of...
$2tn debt crisis threatens to bring down 100 US cities
Overdrawn American cities could face financial collapse in 2011, defaulting on hundreds of billions of dollars of borrowings and derailing the US economic recovery....
Debt Riots Break Out in Greece
Today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. In Greece, demonstrators staged a protest of their own. Thousands took to the streets yesterday, rallying against...
Black Friday Madness
With Christmas growing near, it’s that time year of again when some poor schlub invariably gets trampled at the gates of a big box store. In fact, you can...
Is the Collapsing Empire and Its Police State Worth Fighting For?
In 43 BC, over 2,000 years ago, warring consuls Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian were duking it out with each other over control of Rome following Julius Caesar’s...
Will the Euro Fall to $1.20?
Filed under: Forecasts , Market Matters , Currency The euro is a single currency holding 16 member nations together. Before the Greek crisis, countries’ sovereign...
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