Category Archives: Financial

Demographic Nightmare; Recession Through Recovery

Posted on March 13, 2013 by DRenegade

Please consider a table of various employment statistics for February of each year between 2008 and 2013. Year Population Labor Force Employed Full Time Part Time Unemployed SNAP 2008 232,809 152,503 144,550 119,452 25,098 7,953 26,316 2009 234,913 153,804 140,105 … Continue reading →

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‘ENDGAME’: HOW DID THE GLOBAL ECONOMY GET HERE & WHERE IS IT HEADED?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by DRenegade

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The Erosion of the U.S. Economy In Two Words: Jobs and Wages

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DRenegade

If prosperity ultimately depends on employment and earned income (wages), how are we doing as a nation? Unfortunately, the answer is “terrible.” As a percentage of the population, full-time employment is down. Only 36% of the population has a full-time job.(Charts … Continue reading →

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So Who Is Buying Stock?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by DRenegade

Maybe the better question is who has already sold stocks and left the market. It would be interesting to see an overlay of this graph with the Fed’s POMO policy volume. David DeGerolamo NYSE Matched Volume Drops To New Decade … Continue reading →

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Macro Analytics – The Global End Game – with Charles Hugh Smith

Posted on March 10, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fCc8w_cg8#t=74s

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Jim Rogers: We’re Wiping Out The Savings Class Globally, To Terrible Consequence

Posted on March 9, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0TSQaKMK2w#t=64s Jim Rogers decries the growing uncertainty and recklessness of global central planners as the world enters uncharted financial markets: For the first time in recorded history, we have nearly every central bank printing money and trying to debase their … Continue reading →

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I Am Not Buying It…

Posted on March 9, 2013 by DRenegade

I am not buying the news concerning a NYSE disaster backup plan. Any event which would shutdown the New York Stock Exchange would be temporary in nature according to this report. With the “test” high frequency trades (HFTs) seen over … Continue reading →

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Obama You Idiot…Sequester Takes Away All My Sons’ Military Active Duty Tuition Assistance

Posted on March 9, 2013 by dagny

Just heard this morning from one of my 3 sons currently serving that the Obama administration has decided to cut all tuition assistance to active duty military.  Why is it that those that stand up and risk life and limb … Continue reading →

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Why Didn’t the European Union Collapse Yet?

Posted on March 9, 2013 by DRenegade

Why is the European Union still intact? They are bankrupt, divided between the North and South, and have no plan to address any of their problems.  But keep in mind, we are discussing the EU – not the United States. … Continue reading →

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Reality Check by Simon Black: The Dow Jones Industrial Average vs. Bananas

Posted on March 8, 2013 by DRenegade

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, one of the key benchmarks of the US stock market, has soundly surpassed its all-time high. And most of the investing world is toasting their collective success and celebrating the recovery. It’s a funny thing, … Continue reading →

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How much drug money does a bank have to launder before we consider shutting them down?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by DRenegade

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZzPIYWnFY From YouTube: From Sen. Elizabeth Warren YouTube Channel 03/07/2013. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Q&A at the March 7, 2013 Banking Committee hearing entitled “Patterns of Abuse: Assessing Bank Secrecy Act Compliance and Enforcement.” Witnesses were: David Cohen, Under Secretary for … Continue reading →

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The #1 Problem When Owning Gold

Posted on March 7, 2013 by DRenegade

by Simon Black In official testimony before Congress in December 1912, just three months before his death, J.P. Morgan stated quite plainly: “[Credit] is not the money itself. Money is gold, and nothing else.” … Governments, especially the bankrupt insolvent ones, … Continue reading →

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Another Crisis Averted (and It Only Cost $982 Billion)

Posted on March 6, 2013 by DRenegade

If Congress and the president would do one of their few responsibilities outlined in the Constitution and pass a budget, there would be no need for yet another continuing resolution. But what is another $982 billion when the last crisis … Continue reading →

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New York’s Homelessness Worst Since The Great Depression

Posted on March 6, 2013 by DRenegade

State and local governments nationwide have struggled to accommodate a homeless population that has changed in recent years – now including large numbers of families with young children. As the WSJ reports, more than 21,000 children – an unprecedented 1% of the … Continue reading →

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Is Sentient America Reaching Its Boiling Point?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by DRenegade
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