... 24% of estimated tax revenues.
The government has been severely criticized for the millions of dollars of money that is wasted away in military and defense spending. President Obama has pledged to ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
... a Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC:NYSE) government -consulting unit. The company put the division up for sale to address concerns among lawmakers that some defense contractors were not complying with new ...
Monday, November 09, 2009
... attention to this stuff are pragmatism (taking steps to build wealth and keep it) and knowledge (learning how the world wags and what wags it). In another July piece, “My Free Market Dog Has Government ...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Citigroup plans to repay a portion of the $45 billion government bailout with the issuance of new shares.
From The Associated Press:
NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. is reportedly considering a plan in which ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
... Has it taken away from you your sense of fair play?
...I understand that you still need to react to these curveballs, but do you think that the average "investor" still can turn an advantage from government ...
Friday, July 10, 2009
...
Such as the auction…
Executive Publisher Sandy Franks of Taipan Publishing Group writes, “Analysts’ worries about [Treasuries] supply have weighed on the U.S. government bond market, ...
Monday, June 22, 2009
... which itself evolved from the Dutch vrijbuiter (freebooter). This term was applied at the time to American adventurers, mostly from Southern states, who sought to overthrow the government s of Central ...
Friday, May 01, 2009
“The Treasury Department is underestimating the costs of key parts of the government 's $700 billion bank-bailout program and is failing to require recipients of taxpayer funds to show how they're using ...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Today the “simple and powerful” way to bet against the government for a potential tenfold return – by way of future bank meltdown – is revealed.
Last time I promised a simple, yet powerful way to earn ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
... to repeat itself over and over again.
As emerging market countries saw their economies grow and prosper, inside business interests would get extra chummy with the government . An insider “oligarchy” ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
... government aid, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, are considering buying toxic assets to be sold by rivals [emphasis mine] under the Treasury’s $1,000bn (£680bn) ...
Thursday, April 09, 2009
... knowledge that the real payoff will come later.
Remember Franky Flipper from Friday? Once again, Franky, your pal, is in trouble, and you are a government official.
Did I mention you are a very powerful ...
Monday, March 30, 2009
... saga... the Franky Flippers of the world went nuts, and nobody tried to rein them in. (Hell, the media and the government all but egged them on. But that’s another kettle of fish...)
At the height ...
Friday, March 27, 2009
14.
Everybody Lies
(Matching tags: Market Analysis,Editor Adam Lass,WaveStrength Options Weekly,Government Issues)
How to make 300% off Washington’s lies.
That’s the conceit of my wife’s current favorite TV show.
I’m sure you’ve seen it, or at least heard about it, as it is supposedly one of the most popular shows ...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
15.
The Perpetual Motion Scam
(Matching tags: U.S. Dollar,Inflation Rate,Market Analysis,Editor Adam Lass,WaveStrength Options Weekly,Government Issues)
The Fed’s Trillion-Dollar Bomb is guaranteed to push up this asset 95% over the next few months.
Does this whole Federal Reserve/Treasury note debacle have you a tad confused? Don’t feel too bad about ...
Monday, March 23, 2009
... inflation barometer, gold is a form of crisis insurance. Meanwhile U.S. government bonds (which one must pay for with dollars) are a form of deflation insurance.
And so, when gold and the dollar are ...
Friday, March 20, 2009
... and banks have been extremely reluctant to start lending again. The government hopes that by offering backed securities, banks will feel more comfortable and start opening the taps to qualified consumers. ...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
18.
The Treasury Bond Train Wreck
(Matching tags: Editor Adam Lass,Global Markets,WaveStrength Options Weekly,Government Issues,Mortgage Industry)
How the heck is Washington supposed to fund the recovery when bond sales have fallen 224%?
These guys oughta wear dresses and carry pom-poms. I am talking about Wall Street’s cheering squad. (Or is ...
Thursday, March 19, 2009
... certain legal obligations, AIG has recently made a set of compensation payments, some of which I find distasteful.”
American International Group (AIG:NYSE) received about $170 billion from the government , ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Profit From Renewable Energy Incentives
The U.S. Government Is Ready to Cut You a Check for $62,881
A Taipan Publishing Group Investment Research Report By Zach Scheidt, Editor, Taipan's New Growth ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
... cash. Here’s how it worked:
Government lends (gives) truckload of bailout $$$ to AIG
AIG uses $$$ to make good on losing bets (the asteroid insurance claims mentioned on Friday)
Sizable checks ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
... the headlong rush toward larger government … how do you explain Warren Buffett’s support for Obama? It is obvious that we are moving rapidly from a democracy into an oligarchy… – TD Reader Jim R
You’re ...
Friday, March 06, 2009
Warren Buffett’s new letter to shareholders is out. One passage in particular reveals just how much government is the problem rather than the solution.
Warren Buffett’s new annual letter to shareholders ...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
... or less disenfranchised from true small-government , conservative-libertarian, Reagan-esque Republicanism by George W. Bush’s presidency — because I’m a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, and he’s not. The ...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Benefit From Government Awarded Contracts
New supply routes into Afghanistan. Who will benefit from new government contracts? Find out...
A Taipan Publishing Group Investment Research Report
By Sara ...
Monday, February 23, 2009
