Daniel Amerman

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• High Government Deficits 'Crowd Out' Stock Market Returns

  Published 12 July 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Overview "Crowding out" is an obscure term if you're not an economist - but this replacement of the private sector economy with government spending may…

• Student Loans And The Redistribution Of Wealth

  Published 11 June 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Overview With more than $1 trillion outstanding and growing at a rate of over $100 billion a year, student loans have leaped past the credit…

• 20 Global Implications Of French Presidential Election

  Published 17 May 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Forget the anemic latest US jobs report - the world is in play, and the election of Francois Hollande as the President of France may…

• Inflation and Hidden Gold Taxation: 3 Historical Case Studies

  Published 19 April 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Overview The number one reason investors buy gold is to protect against the government policies that create inflation. However, the government has "rigged the game"…

• Making 9 Million Jobless 'Vanish': How The Government Manipulates Unemployment Statistics

  Published 13 March 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Overview When we look at broad measures of jobs and population, then the beginning of 2012 was one of the worst months in US history,…

• Arbitraging Fed Policies With Rental Housing Cash Flows

  Published 14 February 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Overview By forcing interest rates to record low levels, the Federal Reserve has effectively vaporized most interest income along with most of the ability to…

• Deadly Dow 36,000 and The Secret History Of A 70% Market Loss

  Published 12 January 2012 | viewed 0 times

  Some investors fear that the Dow may go to 4,000 or 5,000. Surely that would be bad, but there is a worse possibility to consider,…

• 12 Eurozone Downgrade Shock Waves Could Slam Into US Economy

  Published 07 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Standard & Poor's missed the point when they "only" put 15 Eurozone nations on credit watch for possible near term downgrades. In this highly interconnected…

• Hiding A $500 Billion Tax On Savings: How The Government Deceives Millions

  Published 05 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview There is a hidden and deeply unfair "tax" that is costing US savers in excess of $500 billion per year. Through forcing interest rates…

• Gold / Housing Ratio Falls To Historic Low

  Published 18 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In gold terms, an average single family home in the United States can now be purchased for only 18% of its pre-bubble price in 2001.…

• Six Layers Of Deficits Mean Retirement Disaster

  Published 20 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  There is a common but mistaken belief that the children and grandchildren of older Americans will be the ones who will be paying for today's…

• Gas For $1.75 A Gallon and Depression Level Unemployment: The USA After A Euro Collapse

  Published 04 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview The US dollar could soar in value. Gasoline could return to under $2 a gallon, possibly even $1.75, and filling up a near empty…

• Fed 'Twist' Threatens Long-Term Stock Returns and Retirement Lifestyles

  Published 28 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview The Federal Reserve's "Operation Twist" represents a $400 billion assault on retirement investment portfolios, pension funds, corporate stock valuations and the financial viability of…

• Potential Euro Collapse and Rapid Redistribution Of Personal Wealth

  Published 20 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview There is a significant chance that the Euro itself will collapse in the coming weeks or months. Although the highly likely Greek government default…

• The 2nd Edge Of Modern Financial Repression: Manipulating Inflation Indexes To Steal From Retirees and Public Workers

  Published 12 September 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview Financial Repression is the academic term for how governments can pay down enormous debts by forcing interest rates below the rate of inflation, and…

• Fed Pledges Sustained Financial Repression Of Investors

  Published 11 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview In response to the deficit limit circus and the credit downgrade of the US government, the Federal Reserve pledged to repress investment and savings…

• The Truth About Jobs and The Debt Limit

  Published 04 August 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview The awful truth about deficits and this week's "solution" to the debt limit crisis in the United States is that government debt isn't actually…

• Retirement Accounts and The Coming Tax Code Revolution

  Published 14 July 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview Let's say that you live in a capital city under siege, that is surrounded by revolutionary armies. While you don't know the timing, you…

• Feds Force State and Local Government Insolvency

  Published 07 July 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview The eventual insolvency of many or most state and local governments in the United States, as well as of many major corporations, can be…

• Per Household Annual Deficit Exceeds US Income Per Household

  Published 23 June 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Overview The official story is that total US government debt has nearly reached the Gross Domestic Product of the United States. However, it's worth noting…