Why the 98% Matter in the U.S. Economy

http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/why-the-98-matter-in-the-u-s-economy/1104/ President Obama is on a fiscal cliff campaign to show why middle-class America really needs the help. Of course, Republicans want the Bush-era tax cuts to also apply to the top two...

WHERE is Half a Trillion Dollars Bernanke? - Alan Grayson

http://newsdoors.blogspot.com/2012/11/where-is-half-trillion-dollars-bernanke.html WHERE is Half a Trillion Dollars Bernanke? - Alan Grayson "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow...

Retiring at 65: The New American Pipe Dream

Original Article: http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/retiring-at-65-the-new-american-pipe-dream/951/ Those on the edge of retirement may be forced to take a step back. By taking “income” out of “fixed income,” the Federal Reserve has made retirement a...

Dear Mr. President: Now It’s Time to Deliver on Your Promises

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/dear-mr-president-now-its-time-to-deliver-on-your-promises/962/By the time you are reading this, either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will have won the race to be the 45th President of the United States.Yet I will...

Retiring at 65: The New American Pipe Dream

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/retiring-at-65-the-new-american-pipe-dream/951/Those on the edge of retirement may be forced to take a step back. By taking “income” out of “fixed income,” the Federal Reserve has made retirement a pipe dream...

Why the Big Banks Offer a Good Risk-to-reward Play

The sub-prime credit crisis that surfaced in 2008 drove Lehman Brothers to bankruptcy, caused significant upheaval, and drove the U.S. and global economy into a recession. The aftermath was a structural change to the way banks do business, specifically the amount of risk...

Inflation About to Become a Massive Headache for Central Bankers

With the recent new monetary policy initiative by the Federal Reserve, one area that I’m becoming more worried about is the impact this will have on inflation. While inflation has declined from the highs in the 1970s, there is always the worry that monetary policy could...

Will the S&P 500 Hit 1,525?

Many analysts and investors have been hesitant about the rally in the S&P 500. While I wasn’t surprised with the rally into the Federal Reserve announcement, I thought it highly likely that the S&P 500 would have a pullback in the fall. However, it appears that...

How the Fed Gave a Boost to Luxury Stocks

Original article published at www.investmentcontrarians.com http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/how-the-fed-gave-a-boost-to-luxury-stocks/717/ In a recent editorial, I talked about QE3 (a third round of quantitative easing implemented by the Federal Reserve)...

Housing Market: What the Latest Reports Reveal

Original article published at www.investmentcontrarians.com http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/real-estate/housing-market-what-the-latest-reports-reveal/713/ The latest release of the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index is out, measuring data through July 2012. For the...

Federal Reserve begins QE3 Securities Investment Plan

Now that the economy is starting to ease up on foreclosures, the Federal Reserve has announced its plan to buy into securities from real estate that they think will be a good investment. Unfortunately, they did not foresee the unemployment rate continuing at such a high...

President Obama Continually Pushes For Tax Hikes

With tax season just here, I thought it would be an appropriate time for an important report on income taxes, what we’ve been told, and how we have been swindled by this scheme. You will not hear the truth from your government, the US mass media, or anyone with a vested...