European Youth Unemployment: Risking a Lost Generation
By Joshua Schroeder   Once again Europe's leaders spoiled a chance to take coordinated action to effectively address the bailout in Cyprus. This failure has...
Cyprus Bailout News: A Contrarian’s Contrarian View
By Alex Salomon   Since Saturday morning early tweets, then blogs, then news reports on the Cyprus bailout, lots has been written. Early on, I...
February 2013 Stock Market Report and Economic Report
By Greg Naylor   February was an eventful month, as the U.S. government struggled unsuccessfully to avoid ‘sequestration,’ and Italy held elections with possible ramifications...
The Systematic Significance of the Cyprus Bailout
By Andrew Kassen    News of a Troika-orchestrated bailout of the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus spilled from European newswires early this past Saturday morning...
Taking Stock of the Market: Will Dow Jones All Time Highs Change the Equation?
By Andrew Kassen   Hugo Chavez is dead. The late Venezuelan President’s body - lately succumbed to the ravages of cancer and a massive heart...
Retired Investors: Does The Department of Homeland Security Know Something We Don’t?
By Jeff Voudrie    Recent purchases of billions of rounds of ammunition and 1400 Armored Vehicles for use WITHIN the United States should cause retirees...
January 2013 Stock Market Report and Economic Update
By Greg Naylor
January was an eventful month, as the federal government extended most of the Bush tax cuts and delayed sequestration for two months. In...
From Y2K to The Information Age
After turning the page on Y2K and all the dire technology warnings that accompanied it, we are beginning to realize that ticking the year...
December Stock Market Report and Economic Update
By Greg Naylor
December was an uneventful month, as markets anxiously awaited resolution of the ‘fiscal cliff.’ The last week of December saw markets end the...
A Roadmap for Responsible Government Spending
By Max Moore
I recently started reading Santayana’s Curse by Sean Corrigan (of Diapason Commodities). In a few words, the book recounts various monetary pursuits over...
