New Report Shows Huge Shift in Sentiment for the Retail Sector

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/new-report-shows-huge-shift-in-sentiment-for-the-retail-sector-2/970/The positive jobs report last week and the revision for the previous months might be leading the latest sentiment numbers in the retail sector. ...

How the Once-a-decade Political Transfer in China Affects U.S. Co

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/how-the-once-a-decade-political-transfer-in-china-affects-u-s-corporations/956/Many investors around the world are keeping a close eye on the Chinese economy. This is because a growing number of companies depend on...

Why Big Oil Is to Blame for High Gas Prices

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/why-big-oil-is-to-blame-for-high-gas-prices/955/While oil prices have fallen to the $85.00 level, the price of gasoline continues to be stubbornly high, and you can blame this on the greed of the big oil ...

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 I Continue to Favor the Discounters

Article Published at http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/why-i-continue-to-favor-the-discounters/941/I recently discussed the upcoming key holiday shopping season that officially begins with the critical Black Friday on November 23 and its importance to the...

Unemployment in the eurozone hit a record high of 11.6% in Sep

Read More: http://stockmarketnewsworld.blogspot.com/2012/10/unemployment-in-eurozone-hit-record.html The rate reported by EU statistics office Eurostat, was up from an upwardly-revised 11.5% in August. In total 18.49 million people were out of work in the eurozone in ...

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...

Why Americans Should Worry About Weaker German Data

Read More http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/why-americans-should-worry-about-weaker-german-data/925/ With the recent steps taken by the European Central Bank (ECB) to stem the financial crisis within the eurozone, the situation will get worse before it gets...

Estimated Cost of Eurozone Break-up a Shocking $22.0 Trillion

Read More: http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/recession/estimated-cost-of-eurozone-break-up-a-shocking-22-0-trillion/845/ The financial crisis in the eurozone has continued for some time, and there is still no end in sight. What was once perhaps a nice theory on paper...

No, China’s Currency Isn’t Taking Over the World

Read more: http://newswalls.blogspot.com/2012/10/no-chinas-currency-isnt-taking-over.html As China moves up the economic pecking order, it has been trying to promote its currency, the renminbi (RMB), as an alternative to the U.S. dollar. The Chinese government has...

Initial, Continued and Extended Unemployment Claims Oct 18 2012

Read more: http://newswalls.blogspot.com/2012/10/extended-unemployment-initial-continued.html Today’s jobless claims report indicated a notable increase in initial jobless claims and a decline in continued unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted initial claims trended...

Are we seeing an echo housing bubble in California? The low....

Read More: http://newswalls.blogspot.com/2012/10/are-we-seeing-echo-housing-bubble-in.html I want to start this article by first stating that I enjoy living in Southern California.  This is my home.  I’m sure it is home to many of you as well.  When I...

Report: Special Operations Teams on Standby for Libya Revenge Str

Read More http://newswalls.blogspot.com/2012/10/report-special-operations-teams-on.htmlIt looks like it may be time to wag the dog a bit as President Obama is losing traction in national polls and the administration has taken a significant amount of heat for mid-east...

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...