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October 1, 2010
The Baby Boomer’s Case for Gold | seekingalpha.com
A major shift in investment allocation is made daily via the 74 million Baby Boomers (boomersindex.com).
September 24, 2010
Social Security: Where Do We Go From Here? | www.aarp.org
Is Social Security an annuity or entitlement?
August 24, 2010
Uncertain, and scary times in the stock market are nothing new. Today many various markets, banking, finance, insurance, general industries, and various investment vehicles are under uncertain, and scary times.
August 16, 2010
Reagan insider: 'GOP destroyed U.S. economy' | www.marketwatch.com
US Socioeconomic Bracket Creep - The trigger will be the growing gap between economic classes. During the last financial bubble (from 2002 to 2006) the top 1% of Americans received two-thirds of the gain in national income, while the bottom 90% got only 12%. This growing Socioeconomic wealth gap is not the financial market's fault, it's the decaying fruit of bad economic policy.
August 14, 2010
The Point of No Return | www.theatlantic.com
The New Normal Ab-Normal has begun - we must go forward with better intel and more of a focus on preservation of capital v risk reward.My thoughts on the potential impacts on capital flows and more specific on European real estate either way should issues remain on the current course, if an Israeli air strike could unfold, are very bleak in any outcome other than peace.
Is Congress Anti; Social Security & Small Business?
August 4, 2010
If Congress is Anti; Social Security & Small Business- then the entire Global Economy going forward for the next century will be under duress.
Cycling for Dollars - Tour de France
July 18, 2010
Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 kilometres. Versus cable television and Versus.com will provide extensive coverage of the 2010 Tour de France.
June 29, 2010
Most SBA lending programs require a duns for US Government Contractors & Grantees for submitting grant and loan applications.
Artificial vs Real Intelligence
May 11, 2010
OK - so the dust has settled on the grim stock market event of last week:Stock Pricing Unreliable [5/6/2010 @ ET 2:30 pm -thru- 3:00 pm] Fed is recommending that ALL MARKETS adopt any slow-down in pricing and trades (if ANY SINGLE market/exchange is in slow-down mode) to normalize activity Are we any better today?
FDIC Lowers Its Estimate for 2010 Bank Failures
April 28, 2010
Community Banks Remain Under Stress | www.minyanville.com
FDIC Chair Sheila Bair says that the pace of bank failures is slowing. Bair implies that some of the banks on the FDIC list of problem banks have raised capital and have thus come off the list.
March 15, 2010
Tour de France presented on US television this summer will offer brand marketing benefits for corporations and foundations similar to the Indy car motorsports racing series also presented on US television by Versus. Teams with branding which run up front obtain the best cost-effective advertising benefits.The recent Paris-Nice Cycling Event results show potential as the prelude cycling events for the next 3 months roll-out before the July 2010 Tour de France big event.
March 8, 2010
2010 U.S. Bank Failures Reach 26 | www.zacks.com
During the prior 3 years we have experienced 200 bank failures. Fortunately we have the FDIC in place working hard to protect the depositors. Investor protection as always is tread at your own risk.
74 million Americans become an Index
March 5, 2010
'Tom Brokaw Reports: Boomer$' | www.nydailynews.com
About 40 years ago the generation gap between Boomers and their parents began, now Tom Brokaw has introduced the Boomers to CNBC viewers, and this will become the generation gap which born an Index.
Residential Real Estate Valuation
March 5, 2010
How to Successfully Rescue Residential Real Estate | seekingalpha.com
Residential Real Estate Valuation is priced by mark-2-market with a fundamental basis of supply, demand, need and inflation above cost by physiological trends similar to most other markets.
Big government is the problem... Thanks Ronnie!
February 23, 2010
Obama’s big-government proposal attempts to do too much, too fast. | blogs.usatoday.com
Two wonderful people which have served our great government for many decades, and that I have had the great opportunity to work with and admire are Ronald Regan and Orrin Hatch.Both Ron and Orrin believe in small government - just do your own comparisons, between private operations and government.
January 28, 2010
Senate Confirms Bernanke for Second Term as Fed Chief | www.foxnews.com
I cannot think of anything that would have deterred the Senate from confirming Mr. Bernanke.Fortunately for everyone interested in financial stability, residing on this spinning rock called Earth, we have not gone off our axis.
Cascade Bancorp (CACB) Risk v Reward Cascades Towards Risk
December 28, 2009
Cascade Bancorp (CACB) said it planned to withdraw a stock offering | online.wsj.com
With the pending recovery leaning on the growth of various industries including Community Banking; one such bank [Cascade Bancorp (CACB)] has not provided investors positive reasons to assume the risk of accumulating its holding company's shares.
2nd Generation Family Business Continuity Challenged
December 26, 2009
Small-business owners pass on entreprenurial spirit to family | www.usatoday.com
Past experience has proved if you had a family member who started a business, you are more likely to become an entrepreneur than someone who didn't.I suspect this tenet will be challenged going forward.
The UK's retail banking industry, a great opportunity to follow Banco Santander
November 28, 2009
Santander launches 'fee-free' bank account | www.guardian.co.uk
The US retail customers and government has had enough of excessive banking fees, and similarly the UK's retail banking industry, a great opportunity to follow Banco Santander's lead.
Financial Armageddon off the table; now what?
November 19, 2009
Goldman Sachs launches $500M small-business venture | www.njbiz.com
Since we all seem to agree that financial Armageddon is off the table, and multiple iterations of TRILLIONS of dollars of current US taxpayer capital & debt has flooded the economy, we all seem to also agree the future impact of this indebtedness is unknown.We also seem to agree that US small business can take us forward and create more opportunity and jobs.
E-Insurance: When will the insurance industry adopt modern communication tools?
February 14, 2012
ATMs could distribute prepaid Visa cards
January 23, 2012
PayPal can thrive as a standalone company
January 9, 2012
Europe's CO2 Emissions Trading System works, but it can be improved
December 16, 2011
European women wonder why their insurance premiums will increase
December 15, 2011