Budget Deficit Soars in October; Do You Trust the Politicians t..

Original Article: http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/budget-deficit-soars-in-october-do-you-trust-the-politicians-to-solve-this-looming-crisis/1001/ The U.S. Treasury Department recently released the budget deficit numbers for October, reporting a massive $120...

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...

How Confusion About the Chinese Economy Is Hurting Your Stocks

Original Article: http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/how-confusion-about-the-chinese-economy-is-hurting-your-stocks/996/ With investor confidence still relatively weak, many are looking for any signs of a rebound in the global economy. One area many are...

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...

Could These Sneaky Taxes Bring Down the U.S. Debt?

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/could-these-sneaky-taxes-bring-down-the-u-s-debt/913/ Nothing motivates like fear. Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election on November 4, 2008, and gun sales surged. For the week of November 3, 2008, the...

You Know Inflation’s a Problem When the Cereal Box Gives Away Gas

By John Whitefoot for Investment ContrariansElections are important, maybe even the cornerstone of a democracy; but sometimes voters are just too busy to listen to everything being said by the Obama or Romney camps. Thank heaven sound bites can sum up everything we think...

Hundreds laid off as military uniforms to be made by prisons

Two southeast companies that make U.S. military uniforms are shedding hundreds of jobs, as the government looks to federal inmates for the fatigues. American Power Source makes military clothing in Fayette, Ala., but its government contract expires in October. Federal...

What the NFL season is saying about the US economy

Forget Friday's employment report. A better economic indicator just might be the one that kicks off Wednesday night: the National Football League. Although attendance at NFL games last season was down, some major markets such as New York, Dallas and Boston showed...

How unions help women in society, along with others

Women in the U.S. make about 78 of what men make in society. When it comes to comparing union women workers v. union male workers, that difference is cut to about 88%. This isn't surprising. Unions, though imperfect, have done a good job in supporting well paying jobs for...