Monday, November 23rd, 2009
In another terrific example of the deflationary forces at work in our economy, Reader’s Digest published a story in their September 2009 issue...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
The approaching end of 2009 is a great time to prepare for the tax season. This article provides a checklist of items to review before the year ends....
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
How has mutual fund investing fared during this time of historically low interest rates and the bear market rally? Morningstar is a provider of...
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
Is another stimulus in the offing? Publicly the word “stimulus” may have a bad connotation. For the average Joe, unemployment is several...
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The financial crisis is making borrowing money more difficult due to the financial system’s reluctance to extend credit. The reluctance is part...
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One topic discussed in these pages is how government intervention does not provide the stimulation to resuscitate a moribund economy. Government...
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This column is critical of government efforts to stimulate the economy using borrowed money. Examples of such efforts include Cash for Clunkers and...
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By almost any measure, most alive today have only experienced persistently rising prices. Consumer prices, as expressed by the Consumer Price Index...
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A consistent theme of my publication has been the argument that inflation fears are overstated and that deflation is a much more likely outcome at...
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CIT touts itself as a lender to small and middle market businesses. The 100 year-old commercial lender succumbed to bankruptcy on November 1 to...
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