Is Your Portfolio Ready for What’s Going to Happen?

http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/is-your-portfolio-ready-for-whats-going-to-happen/1302/Is Your Portfolio Ready for What’s Going to Happen?By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment ContrariansAs corporate earnings season continues for S&P 500 companies, it is...

Is the Housing Market “Home Sweet Home?”

By George Leong for Investment ContrariansIt was extremely difficult times for homeowners following the subprime mortgage implosion that helped to drag down the global economy in 2008. I recall how easy it was to get a mortgage without even having to provide an income or...

Where to Look for Income in 2013

By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians Over the last few years, the aggressive monetary policy plan by the Federal Reserve has left many income investors in a difficult position. The low level of interest rates has reduced the income-generating potential of...

When will interest rates rise again?

When will interest rates rise again? Recently I was asked a question that I suspect has been on many investors’ minds.  Here’s the question: “Is it possible that the bond market will be the market to tumble into 2014, and as it does, the general market decline...

The Dangers of the Current Monetary Policy Program

The Dangers of the Current Monetary Policy Program By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians At the end of 2008, the financial crisis in America was so severe that the Federal Reserve began a historically significant and unprecedented monetary policy program, which...

The Next Financial Ticking Time Bomb

By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians | Jan 9, 2013 While many eyes are focusing on Europe and America when it comes to the next financial crisis, one sector that people aren’t focusing on is the bond market in Japan. Many investors might not realize it, but...

The Worst Investment for 2013 and the Next Decade

http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/biggest-investor-mistakes/the-worst-investment-for-2013-and-the-next-decade/1191/ The Worst Investment for 2013 and the Next Decade By Sasha Cekerevac for Investment Contrarians | Jan 4, 2013     ...

Why Housing’s “For Sale” Sign Is Gone

Read More: http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/real-estate/why-housings-for-sale-sign-is-gone/1024/There were extremely difficult times for homeowners following the subprime mortgage implosion that helped to drag down the global economy in 2008. I recall at that time how...

What Negative Interest Rates Are Signaling

We live in a very unusual time. With the European debt crisis on the market’s mind daily, and as China’s economy slows and the U.S. economy falters, the world has become more complicated. Economic slowdowns and/or recessions are normal, but what is unusual this time...

Why Debt Matters and Who Is Its Source

During the Bush administration, when America accumulated $6 trillion in debt, with a Republican Congress and White House, at a time that there was absolutely no need for it and before the baby boomers had even started to retire, a Republican commentator stated that Reagan had...

Government Shutdown: Washington gets ready

"Washington has started getting ready for a possible government shutdown.Behind the scenes, federal agencies are working on their plans for shutting down operations and deciding how many workers they need to...

3 ways low mortgage rates can work for you

Just when it looked as if they couldn't fall any further, they did. Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages (excluding jumbos) hit an average of 4.3% in September, the lowest level since 1953.

Federal Reserve on Interest Rates, Treasuries, and Unemployment

Federal Reserve policymakers ended their two-day meeting of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) and issued a statement in Washington. It has decided to keep its benchmark interest rates unchanged between 0% and 0.25%, slow down its $300-billion U.S. Treasuries program,...

Credit Card Companies are Plotting to Overthrow the World!

Not really, but who knows in this day and time.  After all, stranger things have happened.  What prompted this quaint observation was a little blurb I saw this morning on a national morning news...

UK Interest Rates May Reach 315-year low

The Uk may reach a decision to lower its interest rates to the lowest in the Bank of England's 315 year history today. The move would be designed to stimulate the economy and avoid deflation." The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates to the lowest level in its...

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