Dock Treece

Contributor since: 20 May 2010

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• Competition Moves Society Forward

  Published 18 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Football season is in full swing, and nowhere else can one find a better demonstration of fierce competition, the glory of victory or the agony…

• Congress Concedes to Fed Chief

  Published 11 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  In the days since Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke announced that a second round of quantitative easing may be necessary to extend the US's budding economic…

• Gridlock Achieved

  Published 04 November 2010 | viewed 0 times

  [Author's note: While this article talks about politics, the real focus is on economics, since it is now evident that, more than anywhere else in…

• What's Missing Here? Feedback Welcomed

  Published 29 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  In further considering the current circumstances facing US monetary supply, some new revelations have come to light that have further clouded the so-called"-flation debate." Is…

• Market to Dems: You're Fired!

  Published 28 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Lately the market has continued its strong performance, closing in on highs not seen since spring. Many investors and commentators have claimed that this has…

• Mortgage Makers' Billion-dollar Boo-Boo

  Published 21 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  It's seems the time may have finally come to say goodbye to a lot of the big banks, among them Bank of America and Wells…

• The Last Straw for Big Banking

  Published 14 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Over the past several weeks, stories have emerged regarding potential fraud by big banks foreclosing on homes. The pressure of these charges was such that…

• Bear Stearns: The Real Story

  Published 07 October 2010 | viewed 0 times

  On Friday March 14, 2008, the US government, acting through the Federal Reserve, took steps to prop up the 85-year old investment bank Bear Stearns.…

• Market Inefficiencies Prove Exploitable

  Published 30 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  One of the biggest debates within the investment world is whether markets are truly efficient. The business school explanation of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)…

• The Small Investors Discrimination Act of 2010

  Published 24 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Leave it to a Democratic-controlled Congress and a Democratic White House to enact policies to hurt the working man. Thanks to the "Law of Unintended…

• The Great Recession: A Year Later

  Published 23 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  This week the all-seeing, all-knowing National Bureau of Economic Research announced that the Great Recession officially ended in June of 2009. If only they were…

• Making Cents Of Savings

  Published 09 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Quite often we are asked by readers and clients how we recommend investors develop a long-term financial plan, and what kind of investment strategies we…

• Investor Sentiment Follows Party Lines

  Published 02 September 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Though many try, in our business it's extremely hard to ignore politics. Aside from being difficult, it can also be expensive. After all, government policy…

• Fed Hangs Dems out to Dry

  Published 26 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Roughly a year ago I penned an article titled "How Obama Saved the Economy." That article garnered quite a bit of attention, including e-mails and…

• Excess Information Slows Learning Curve

  Published 19 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Scanning the horizon of the investment world, it is becoming increasingly easy to distinguish a coming wave of inflation and economic growth, which should be…

• Convoluted Economy Makes Maze of Markets

  Published 12 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Both leading up to and in the wake of the Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, there has been a greatly deal of fear among investors…

• Flying to Safety Without a Compass

  Published 05 August 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Over the last several months the stock market has worked its way into a trading range, and has basically been fluctuating within about 10% of…

• Gold Loses Luster as Earnings Ignite

  Published 29 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Lately gold has taken a tumble as the broader market and the economy begin to show faint signs of life. Hopefully some investors were able…

• Glenn Beck-onomics and Rusty Gold

  Published 22 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  Recently I read Ayn Rand's famous novel Atlas Shrugged, which got me thinking about the source of value in currency, among other things. The other…

• Following the Romans

  Published 15 July 2010 | viewed 0 times

  If the last couple weeks are any judge, it doesn't look like the stock market is going to crash - at least not yet. Unfortunately,…