Monthly July, 2010
A Fair Amount of Economic Warnings Being Sounded Today Recently there has been a lot written about the mounting amount of debt in Western and Japanese economies. California has just again taken emergency steps. Republicans are faulting President Obama with mounting deficits (although it was a Republican administration that started this unprecedented amount of money...
I found this article published today and it reminded me of what I have written in this blog. I thought I would simply copy and paste it as today’s blog as it illustrates exactly what we have written. This is a Cycle, Like all Previous Cycles An Interesting Article from Today’s “Report on Business” “Europe...
“Buy when there is blood on the streets even when the blood is your own.” Baron Rothschild In previous writings, we commented on whether investors should worry about a further fall in the markets, or a double dip in the markets. We suggested that those that had the courage to look for bargains could be...
Spending Depends on Feeling Secure Financially Regardless of today’s statistics or of what the pundits say, there is a fear today that the stability of jobs, or of retirement income, or of the sufficiency of savings, will not be sufficient for a person’s well being in the future. So people are reluctant to increase their...
How Do Governments Pay off Debt? The world is indeed struggling economically, and there are signs of lack of demand and of economic malaise. No doubt there are many bumps in the road ahead, and much pain to be endured. However, whether one agrees with the policy or not, government spending money that we don’t...
A Double Dip Recession It seems that all one hears about is the possibility of a double dip recession. Every day, the media is filled with statistics and headlines about positive or negative news and the pundits speculating about whether we are entering a double dip recession. Some months, housing starts are up, or down,...
• Financial Doom & Gloom? Recognizing what is now occurring. • Defensive minded? • Currency crisis? Financial Doom & Gloom Let me start by saying that we are not believers in the financial doom and gloom of the world. To us, there have always been financial crises; there will always be financial crises. The value...