Money and Markets

Never before, aside from times of major war efforts, have governments amassed as much debt as during the past years. And this debt binge comes atop a decades-long trend of ever higher indebtedness.....
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If Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke honestly believes what he said at Jackson Hole on Friday.....
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by Mike Burnick 03-27-10 Mike Burnick, Director of Research and Client Communications — Weiss Capital Management Since Bryan is on vacation this week, Martin asked me to pinch-hit as a guest editor today. And it couldn’t come at a better time, because at present, the Weiss Capital Management† investment team is on high alert for...
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Another Challenge for Bonds?
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In the long run, economic development and — especially — corporate earnings are the main drivers of stock market performance. But this relationship is very loose. It becomes tight only if your time horizon is measured in decades. Shorter term, economic development and corporate earnings are often relatively inconsequential for the stock market. Why?...
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If you think that the sovereign debt crisis is mostly behind us … that America’s federal deficit is turning into a non-issue … or that we can just go back to business as usual … you’d better consider the drama now unfolding in the hard numbers just released last week: February deficit: In February alone,...
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Since last November, the dollar has climbed steadily against a basket of currencies — most notably against the euro. And based on my analysis, I think it’s just the early stages of this trend. In fact, for many of the reasons I’ve discussed in past Money and Markets columns, the weight of evidence suggests that...
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....In my book, The Ultimate Suburban Survivalist Guide, I give you a practical, reasonable, step-by-step guide on precisely how to prepare — when, where and how. ...
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We now face the gravest financial dangers — and the greatest profit opportunities — in two generations. But before I tell you about what the future could bring, let me tell you how my family and I have come to this place and time. Over a half century ago, my father founded our Sound Dollar Committee,...
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With global investors attacking any sovereign government that’s running massive deficits or stuck with a pile of bad debts … And with Uncle Sam obviously the world’s greatest debtor, beggar and fiat money printer … Some folks at the Treasury Department now fear the United States could be the next victim.
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