via Sputnik Top international money managers are expecting that a downturn in the global exchange in capital, goods, services and workforce could cripple stock markets worldwide, suggesting other investment opportunities might be in focus over the coming years. Kristian Rouz — …
via RTRS Investors played it safe in June, plucking the most cash out of U.S.-based equity funds since the peak of the 2008 global financial crisis as U.S. trade disputes discouraged risk, Lipper data showed on Thursday. U.S.-based stock mutual …
by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen anything like this since the financial crisis of 2008. Investors are taking money out of global stock funds at a pace that we haven’t seen in 10 years, and many believe that this is …
As a taxpayer I only get a total of 21 days off including holidays. Imagine how much time and money could be saved if Congress either spent more time working or only got paid for the time they were at …
I actually don’t like pensions. I don’t like the idea of money being pooled together, forcefully taken from individuals, and then given back to you at a later date. I’d prefer the money today. But the issue I have is …
When you take advice from another person, be mindful of the intentions. Also be aware of how many other people are making the same bets. Do you factor in what others are buying into your own investments? Herd mentality is …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi there Mr. Armstrong In attempting to synthesize some of your past comments, I wonder if it is accurate to conclude that rate hikes are the lesser of two evils between collapsing pension funds and higher debt …
In this hard-hitting Real Vision special, Raoul Pal presents the single most important financial topic of a generation — the Baby Boomer retirement crisis. He asks the hard questions: Can you afford to retire? How will the coming crisis impact …
Why isn’t anyone talking about the pension funds that have been cut before and will be cut again? Mainstream media, forget it. Governments, forget it. But even the alternative news barely touches it. For such a big issue, it’s quite …
By Charles Sizemore You have to love John Bogle, the founder of the mutual fund family Vanguard. By eliminating active management and pioneering passive indexing, Bogle has saved his investors untold billions of dollars in fees, all while boosting their …
Note: the missing $20 trillion does not refer to the national debt. by Jon Rappoport Alert to pension fund managers all over the planet—and to everyone else— “If 1,000 US and global pension fund managers start asking questions it could …
by MedicalLabScientist I always knew that the reason Dave Ramsey gave horrible investment advice to his listeners by advocating loaded mutual funds over low cost index funds was because he made money off the referral fees. However the actual amount he …
https://medium.com/the-long-now-foundation/how-warren-buffett-won-his-multi-million-dollar-long-bet-3af05cf4a42d “Over the years, I’ve often been asked for investment advice, and in the process of answering I’ve learned a good deal about human behavior. My regular recommendation has been a low-cost S&P 500 index fund. To their credit, my …
I’m 31 years old and I just opened a 401k through my W2 employer that I plan to max out the contributions every year at $18.5k/year. I already have a SEP-IRA through Vanguard (advisor managed) that I am maxing …
From CNBC: Calling someone cheap is not often a term of endearment, but it has become exactly that in the investment industry. According to Morningstar, more than 95 percent of all U.S. retail investments made since 2005 were in the cheapest …
by stockboardasset A new shocking report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD IG) exposes, even more, waste and corruption in America’s endless War in Afghanistan. This latest report is seriously hard to stomach, as more than $3.1 billion of U.S. …
Literally 100% of this list is unnecessary expenses. Sen Bob Corker: Please do, Mr. President. I am just down the street and will bring you a pen. The spending levels without any offsets are grotesque, throwing all of our …
I can’t get over a state where sheriffs are allowed to make money starving prisoners. And I can’t get over the state and feds letting them do it. This reminds me of stories of Indian agents who were given money …
by Simon Black The US pension system has gotten so bad, Congress is actually planning for its failure. As the government was working on the recent, new budget deal and subsequent boost in government spending, Congress quietly snuck in a provision …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong: Many times you were warning about CalPERS. What is your scope on 401k via employers, RothIRA, Simple IRA, and SEP that investing in at Vanguard or Fidelity? Should we continue to contribute? Will these …
by John Rubino The “pension crisis” is one of those things – like flying cars and nuclear fusion – that’s always coming but never arrives. But the reason it hasn’t yet happened is also the reason that it willhappen, and soon: …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ScKrqd7Or8 Soros Backed Pro-Mass Migration NGO Has Funds Frozen Amidst Sex Abuse, Fraud Claims http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/… http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/… http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/… https://www.politico.com/story/2016/0…
by SP Guide to the Top Anti-Russia Think Tanks and Who Funds Them Those of us who don’t want to have our lives, homes and families destroyed in nuclear war will want to know who so much wants conflict with …
The complete failure of this system is being exposed. The amount of leverage has always, every single time, caused a crisis to expand faster and harder then originally thought. There are no soft landings, Janet Yellen. Only crashes, loss of …
by Anthony B Sanders The SPX volatility index VIX is near an all-time low as The Federal Reserve attempts to raise their target rate and unwind their $4.46 trillion balance sheet. The question remains as to how further rate increases …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Having surged for years, quant hedge funds dominate stock trading. Quant-focused hedge funds – they specialize in algorithmic rather than human trading – gained $4.6 billion of net new assets in the first quarter, and now …
by Pamela Williams Lets pray Rex Tillerson will move ahead with this mission, and I think he is the man to do it. Several leading Republican Senators are calling on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to launch an investigation into …
by Pamela Williams Although the Oroville Dam supplies drinking water to the entire State of California, no politician seemed to care…especially Obama. Almost 200,000 residents north of Sacramento were ordered to evacuate while authorities attempted to repair erosion of the …
by Amna El Tawil Throughout his presidential campaign, the President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on numerous occasions that he will work to shut down Obamacare. Based on his determination, it’s highly likely that this healthcare plan will be replaced …
AND SO IT BEGINS? Greece’s Alpha Bank Freezes e-Transfers until Monday http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/06/27/greece-alpha-bank-freezes-e-transfers-until-monday/ It’s 2 In The Morning And Greeks Are Lining Up At ATMs; Alpha Limits Online Banking Because correlation does not equal causation, we present the following with no …