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GLENN BECK SOUNDS ALARM ON U.S. ECONOMY, SAYS REPO MARKET OPERATIONS A SIGN THAT ‘SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG’ WITH FINANCIAL SYSTEM
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The conservative pundit Glenn Beck spoke gravely of the American economy during his BlazeTV show on Thursday, warning that “something is very wrong” with the financial system after the Federal Reserve stepped in to support the short-term lending market. Beck, who has a reputation for hyperbole and a history of peddling conspiracy theories, flagged…
Read MoreScarred by the Great Recession, Americans are already preparing for the next economic storm
‘Consumers that think the economy is weak will spend less and business owners that think the economy is weak won’t hire more people’ Americans’ view of the strong U.S. economy appear to be increasingly heretical. One-third of people have cut their spending over the last year, new research released Monday found. Of those, 5% said…
Read MoreThe Best Performing Long Term Assets of The Last 20 Years. Hint, Hint, It’s Not The Dow Jones.
Are you one of those people who are at least trying to save for retirement? Maybe you’re in your 40’s with 25+ years to go before retirement and you’re just starting out. Maybe you’re in your 50’s and you’ve been through a couple of market crashes and maybe you’re still trying to recoup some of…
Read More‘One of the most important charts about the economy this century’ — and what it means for market volatility
‘The modern equivalent of Bread and Circuses to sate the masses’ To those pinning the recent spikes in stock-market volatility on inflation and, specifically, higher wages, Barry Ritholtz of Ritholtz Wealth Management wants you to take a close look at this chart: As Ritholtz points out, the two big outliers to the upside are health…
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