We spend nearly 10% of our federal budget in interest. We are not even paying principal. Because we as a country are constantly spending more than we earn, next year we will spend more of our budget in interest. The year after, we will spend more in interest. The year after that, we will spend ...
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Or we could just get a Constitutional money system to profit the Americans in the US instead of the one that in the 1970s was paying twenty something million dollars per day in interest to the Bank of England majority owned and controlled Federal Reserve System. Hard to study the Jekyll Island secret ...
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July was a horrible month for the automakers, but many believe it was the trough and that the situation will not get any worse. I believe if we see another spike in gasoline prices, July will not be the worst month. However, if prices continue to decline or even stabilize around current levels, July ...
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Mr. Jovine: Everyone talks about what their particular "entitlement" means to the inhabitants of our nation as a whole. Health plans, social security, farm support, any and all entitlements are part of the problem and not part of the solution. I want to remind everyone that the reason we pay ...
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The Federal and State governments should use a cost benefit analysis on every proposed expenditure and program. The various programs could then be ranked as to most return for the proposed cost. Items such as medical vaccinations and health education which save 5 to 10 dollars in future cost ...
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Putting together a sound plan of attack using sector rotation and relative strength in order to pick stocks is confusing, complicated, and sometime frustrating. It can become downright stressful when dealing with one's own money. What exactly should I look for? What order should I go in? How do I work ...
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Last week a reader asked what I thought of the Oil Service sector in response to my article “OIL: The Beginning of a Long Term Down Trend?”
Although oil service stocks have experienced gains over the past couple of years, as oil prices have ballooned, the oil service sector has been adversely ...
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Last Friday, I initiated a position in gold by shorting the Power Shares DB Gold Fund (SYM: DGL). As I will display, gold usually trades directly opposite the dollar. Consequently, one would believe I have a bullish position in the dollar ... but not exactly. Although I do believe the dollar is going ...
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Editor's Note: In today's issue, we're featuring an article written by Tycoon Report reader "Merlin." It's an exceptionally reasoned and professionally presented piece that we hope you enjoy. Please feel free to let Merlin know how you feel about his article by leaving a comment ...
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In my lifetime there has been a few famous lines exalting maximum effort. I found myself muttering one of them as the market surged yesterday. "Run stocks...run." I'm like the zealot that sees a religious figure in each corn flake or silhouette from a row of hedges. I get down, but it doesn't ...
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We are continuously faced with expectations of $200 a barrel oil and gas prices hitting 6, 7, even 8 dollars a gallon by the end of the summer. Much of our lives are affected by the price of oil, making it easy for one to be “hysterical” about rising prices. Nevertheless, major oil ...
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I love options. To me, they are one of the greatest investment and trading tools out there.
However, when most folks try to use options, they get burnt. This applies even more to wildly gyrating markets such as the ones we currently have.
Does that mean options are risky and should ...
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"Home prices down a staggering 16%!" and "Property values plummet!" are what the headlines read after the Case Shiller report was posted on Tuesday, July 29. Perhaps, it is the media's obsession with de-moralizing investors, or maybe it is our custom of judging all of our economic reports on a year ...
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This week has investors talking of a market bottom. I don’t believe we have seen a bottom at all. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the principal drivers of this assumption. Today July 23, 2008 congress will make one of the most important decisions in the history of this country. If foreign investors ...
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The American economy seems to be going through a rough patch. However, it seems people can't live without their jeans. I am not talking about just any jeans, but high end jeans that sell for $120 to $180 a pair. Check out any American company that sells high end jeans as their major product line ...
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