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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 Posted in Economy | 24 Comments »
According to to the WSJ, Dr. Panarin, a Russian former KGB analyst, predicts that the US will disintegrate by summer of 2010. He actually made his prediction back in 1997 ... Read more..Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in Investing, Stocks | 9 Comments »
Given the poor performance of the stock market in 2008, its time to go back to the investment basics and make sure you don't forget the important stuff. 1. Only invest ... Read more..Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 Posted in Real Estate, housing bubble | 1 Comment »
As I mentioned in a previous post, the real estate market hasn't hit bottom yet. According to an Article in Fortune Magazine, 8 of the top 10 worst real estate markets in ... Read more..Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Foreign Stocks, Gold/Silver | 9 Comments »
The media has been going on and on about deflation. Long-term bond prices have also been trending up and long term yields have been dropping, which means that the market ... Read more..Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Real Estate, housing bubble | 6 Comments »
Check out this 12 minute video from 60 Minutes. There's another wave of mortgage defaults on the way, this time from Alt-A & Option-Arm (also called Negative-Amortization or Neg-Am) loans. ... Read more..