Monday Morning Outlook – August 8, 2011

“Our basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.” – Paul Pearshall Factoids for the week of August 1st – 5th Monday, August [...]

The Debt Ceiling and a Governement Gone Crazy

Here is a great articles from Brian Westbury at First Trust Portfolios: Hysteria and the Debt Debate Contrary to popular belief, the “debt ceiling” has turned into the investor’s best friend. Professional politicians don’t like it, because they don’t want to limit their degrees of freedom. But the “limit” on debt, forces a debate about [...]

Factoids for the Week of July 4th – 8th

“To encourage talent is to create it.” – Unknown Monday, July 4, 2011 Markets Closed, Independence Day Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Bloomberg reported that the number of municipal bond defaults totaled 25 ($752 million) in the first half of 2011, according to Jack Colombo, editor of the Distressed Debt Securities Newsletter. That was well below [...]

The Week In Review – July 5th, 2011

“If Americans ever allow banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children will wake up homeless.” ~ Thomas Jefferson Factoids for the week of June 27th – July 1st Monday, June 27, 2011 Limra data shows [...]

When Gold Goes Up… June 27th, 2011

“Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won’t bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition.” -Jack Handy Factoids for the week of June 20th – 24th Monday, June [...]

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