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IN THIS ISSUE: Largest Budget Deficit In History Coming In 2009 A Sobering Reminder From The Fed's Richard Fisher Deficits To Explode In Coming Decades Conclusions - Why No One Is Talking About This Introduction At the end of July, the White House announced its forecast for the federal budget deficit...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged Again But Will Inflation Really Moderate? Stocks - Stuck In A Long-Term Sideways Pattern? Bad News For Millions Of Baby Boomers A Wall Street Myth About To Be Shattered? Avoiding Big Losses Is The Key, Maybe It's Time You Join Us The Bottom Line...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Latest Good & Not So Good Economic News Stratfor: "Economic Crisis Brewing In China?" Conclusions - Maybe Lighten Up On China Keep Your Comments Coming - Thanks Introduction As you are well aware, this year's Summer Olympics will be held in China beginning this Friday...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Economy Holding Up Better Than Expected Consumer Spending Remains Strong The Fed In A Policy Box Obama Acts As If He's Already The President John McCain's Electoral Mountain The Vice Presidential Sweepstakes Introduction If you talk to people on the street just about anywhere in...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The JOHNSON O'CONNOR Research Foundation Helping People Find The Best Careers For 85 Years Scientific Testing To Determine One's Natural Aptitudes Matching Aptitudes & Careers For Success & Happiness Scotia Partners Continues To Impress Despite Market Woes Introduction...
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by Mike Posey IN THIS ISSUE: A Primer On Variable Annuities Variable Deferred Annuities Disadvantages Of Variable Deferred Annuities Variable Annuities Continue To Improve Retirement Tidbit – Making The Most Of Retirement Introduction This week, I am going to continue the series of E-Letters dedicated...
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IN THIS ISSUE: A Shocking (To Some) Morningstar Report What’s The Big Deal? Other Important Questions To Ask Do It Yourself Or Let Us Help You Introduction There is little doubt that the Morningstar organization has been very good to the mutual fund industry. Morningstar is by far the most widely...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Latest Economic Numbers On Inflation & The Fed “The Double Dip Supply Shock” Conclusions – What Next? Investing In Today’s Dicey Environment Introduction The major investment markets seem perplexed this year. Questions abound. Are we in a recession? Not according to the textbook...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Recent Market Volatility Difficult To Navigate Scotia Partners, Ltd. – Our Latest Find A Leveraged Long & Short Equity Strategy, With A Twist Impressive Results In Recent Volatile Market Environment Hedge Fund-Like Strategy For Only $25,000 Introduction Over the last year or so, we...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Ethanol: A Feel-Good Political Ploy No Solution To Current Fuel Woes Potential Negative Economic Impact No Benefit From Existing Infrastructure Other Types Of Ethanol Show Promise Conclusions – Ethanol Is Not The Silver Bullet Pondering My Retirement Introduction You don’t need me to tell...
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By: Mike Posey IN THIS ISSUE: Risk Considerations In A Retirement Portfolio No Shortage Of Investment Options Immediate Annuities Fixed-Income Alternatives Introduction We're now in the home stretch in this series of Retirement Focus E-Letters dedicated to converting your nest egg into a retirement...
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IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Republicans Upstaged By Democratic Race 2. Is The Republican Base Shrinking? 3. Conclusions – A Glimpse Into The Future? 4. Why Is Hillary Still In The Race? Introduction With all of the attention being paid to Clinton and Obama as they vie for the Democratic nomination for president...
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Post-Mortem On The 1Q GDP Report Recession, Even If Outside The Long-Held Definition So How Bad Are Things Going To Get? Have We Seen The Worst Of The "Credit Crisis"? Maybe It's Not As Bad As We Thought Stocks - Have We Seen The Bottom? Conclusions - What To Watch For Introduction When...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Economy: Sluggish But No Recession Where Are The Markets Headed? Managing Market Risks The Right Way The Potomac Guardian Program Niemann Capital Management Comparing Performance Conclusions The Economy: Sluggish But No Recession Last Wednesday, the Commerce Department released the...
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by Gary Halbert & Spencer Wright Many of you, like us, are probably at a loss as to which candidate we want to see run against GOP nominee John McCain. Both Obama and Hillary are very liberal and have similar policies. As much as I hate to admit it, I have recently been leaning toward Hillary, even...