Are We Slipping Into A Recession?
The Maginot Line A hundred years ago WWI ended. It was a terrible war, fought in Europe with the two main players being Germany and France. Germany invaded France on France’s Eastern boarder. After WWI France decided that Germany wasn’t going to attack them again like they had just done. So they started building up…
Culturally Bankrupt
Culturally Bankrupt. That is the title of November’s Comprehensive Market Review which has just been posted here. What I mean is that it is accepted in our culture to take on debt and live beyond our means. Of course, it is not just the US. The announcement out of Europe yesterday proves it. The EU is creating more…
There is Never One Cockroach.
There is never one cockroach. It’s not the first cockroach that homeowners worry about, it’s the hundreds or thousands they cannot see that they worry about. In this country, we started seeing our first “financial” cockroaches in the likes Washington Mutual in 2008. Two weeks ago, the lights were turned on in Europe and we…
Eureka!
Eureka! I have to admit, even I feel like I talk about gold too much. This feeling gets reinforced when I show Burgess, my wife, what I’m going to write about for the week. When she sees the “g” word, she usually sighs and says, “Again? Why don’t you write about something else, like your…
America’s Secret Elixir
What happens to the American Miracle when America can no longer take on more debt? America is the most powerful county this Earth has ever known. Not even the Ming Dynasty came close to the power and influence that modern day America has. So how did this happen? Are Americans smarter, taller, faster or better…
