Monthly Archives: August 2014

Six years making back losses. Now what’s the plan?!

If you haven’t seen this excellent Frontline report (originally released in April 2013), there was an encore presentation of it this week. Critical issues for financial market participants to comprehend. Retirement is big business in America, but is the system … Continue reading

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Bob Shiller floats his ‘Titanic theory’ for why “Everything is pricey”

Robert Shiller, Yale University professor of economics, explains his “Titianic” economic theory for why the stock, bond and housing markets all look pricey today. Here is a direct video link. He points out that historically “there are always special factors” … Continue reading

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More on the ties that continue to purchase politicial favour for bankers

Nomi Prins talked about her book, All the Presidents’ Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power, in which she explores the multi-generational marital and protégé relationships in the financial and political worlds that she argues are the basis of … Continue reading

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