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• The Boomer Retirement Meme Is A Big Lie

  Published 04 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  As the labor participation rate and employment to population ratio linger near three decade lows, the mouthpieces for the establishment continue to perpetuate the Big…

• Worst Case Scenario = 73% Down From Here

  Published 30 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  As the stock market gyrates higher and lower in a fairly narrow range, the spokesmodels and talking heads on CNBC breathlessly regurgitate the standard bullish…

• Yellen, Draghi, Kuroda: Deranged Lab Rats

  Published 22 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The stock market has regained all of its loses year to date as economic indicators continue to flash red, corporate profits continue to plunge, consumers…

• Voting to Destroy The Establishment

  Published 14 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "The inability to predict outliers implies the inability to predict the course of history" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the…

• Lies, Damn Lies and BLS Statistics

  Published 04 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics." ~ Benjamin Disraeli It's my favorite day of the month. The Bureau of…

• The Great Corporate Earnngs Fraud

  Published 01 March 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "What are the odds that people will make smart decisions about money if they don't need to make smart decisions -- if they can get…

• More Than 30 Blocks of Fiscal Irresponsibility

  Published 26 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know -- and I…

• No Way Out

  Published 22 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  I know there are many people out there who don't watch the daily drivel emanating from their 72 inch HD boob tubes. I don't blame…

• Deranged Central Bankers Blowing Up The World

  Published 15 February 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It is now self-evident to any sentient being (excludes CNBC shills, Wall Street shyster economists, and Keynesian loving politicians) the mountainous level of unpayable global…

• This Time Isn't Different

  Published 04 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Last year ended with a whimper on Wall Street. The S&P 500 was down 1% for the year, down 4% from its all-time high in…

• The Hurd is Heading for a Cliff

  Published 29 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  You would think investors (muppets) would be grateful for the extended topping process of the stock market, as it has given them the opportunity to…

• The Odds are Never in Your Favor

  Published 27 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The irony of the phrase "may the odds be ever in your favor" is not lost on the readers of the Hunger Games trilogy of…

• The Big Short - A Review

  Published 23 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "The truth is like poetry, and most people fucking hate poetry." The Big Short opens nationwide today. But it happened to have one showing last…

• Deja Vu All Over Again

  Published 14 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Janet Yellen will increase interest rates for the first time in nine years on Wednesday. She isn't raising them because the economy is strengthening. The…

• Living a Lie

  Published 11 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot…

• Fourth Turning - Our Rendezvous With Destiny

  Published 29 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In Part 1 of this article I discussed the catalyst spark which ignited this Fourth Turning and the seemingly delayed regeneracy. In Part 2 I…

• Fourth Turning - Politicians Driving The World Towards War

  Published 28 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In Part 1 of this article I discussed the catalyst spark which ignited this Fourth Turning and the seemingly delayed regeneracy. In Part 2 I…

• Fourth Turning - Social and Cultural Distress Dividing The Nation

  Published 27 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  I wrote the first three parts of this article back in September and planned to finish it in early October, but life intervened and truthfully…

• The Fed Induced Farce

  Published 19 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The minutes from the last Fed meeting were released on Wednesday afternoon. The minutes, along with a squadron of jabbering Fed heads lying about the…

• Obamacare - The Gift That Keeps On Taking

  Published 05 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Isn't it interesting the mainstream media makes barely a peep about the ongoing and worsening Obamacare debacle. Healthcare premiums, co-pays and deductibles are soaring, while…