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Safe Investment Losses

The Labor Department reported Friday that employers added 195,000 new jobs to their payrolls in June.  Nonetheless, the unemployment rate remained at 7.6 percent, as people entering the workforce subtracted out all job gains.  Still, markets were delighted. The DOW … Continue reading

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Programs to Control the Uncontrollable

Things are melting up – and melting down – the world over.  What’s more, summer’s only just begun.  While Americans were dreaming of block parties and beach bashes as they punched out for the Independence Day holiday Wednesday afternoon, Cairo … Continue reading

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Ingesting Rabbit for Supper

All of the sudden boring old government bonds have become real interesting.  For over the last six weeks a remarkable new awareness has come over the credit market… If you can believe it, interest rates don’t always go down.  In … Continue reading

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Dark Clouds on the Horizon

Wow!  Just when we thought we’d seen it all, something fantastic happened.  What a delightful treat… The tiny island nation of Cyprus has the whole European continent welcoming spring with the frosted hearts of a December blizzard.  For a brief … Continue reading

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