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Investment Advisors and The Law
2008-03-18 15:02:00
The big brokerage houses steer you in the "most common" investment direction. That is, do what everyone else is doing - a kind of collectivism or wisdom of the crowds. What you need to know is that they are forced to do this by law. It's called th... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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Alternative Financial News
2008-03-15 16:57:00
Wall Street Unspun is Peter Schiff's mid-week market outlook. It streams on Wednesday nights form 7pm - 8pm central time. Here is the link to the archived radio shows. Another site I often look at is Shadow Government Statistics.. The charts s... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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Stop The Carbon Tax
2008-03-12 16:11:00
While Al Gore, Bono, and the United Nations want to place a carbon tax on us, they remain silent about these alternatives: Stop suing people who don’t produce garbage New home construction can use rain harvesting Re-build communities so church... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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Taxes by State
2008-03-09 18:27:00
One great way to save money is to move to a state/country with low overall taxes. This really works well if you are retired or soon will be. Kudos to Retirement Living Information Center for compiling the data. State s are listed alphabetically i... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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Sales Tax Slavery
2008-03-06 16:32:00
We can be frugal and pinch pennies, but there is a thief digging into our pockets -- government! Chicago at 10.25% (November 2008) and Memphis at 9.25% lead the pack. Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon are free of both state and local s... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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President Bush and The Stock Market
2008-03-05 16:12:00
When President Bush took office on 1/20/2001, the NASDAQ stood at 2770 and the S&P 500 stood at 1342. As of this moment in time, the NASDAQ stands at 2270 and the S&P 500 stands at 1330. How come the mainstream media, especially CNBC, doesn’t m... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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New Appraisal Rules Will Slow Down Housing Recovery
2008-03-03 21:18:00
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which purchase about 60 percent of all home loans originated in the United States, have agreed to the establishment of the "New Home Valuation Protection Code," which creates requirements governing appraisal selection, ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery
2008-02-29 16:39:00
Wage slavery can be defined as the state where you are unable to perceive choices and create courses of action different from the grind of the job. This is what my blog is all about. Creating alternatives to the daily grind. It would be nirva... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
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I Got Cramered!
2008-02-25 23:06:00
If you have saved money or made money because of this blog, why not tip me? For $3 you get to download my seminars. They teach you how to save $130,000 over your lifetime by smarter spending, how to make an 11% return on your investments every ye... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Why is Gold at $900+ an Ounce?
2008-02-21 16:36:00
On 8/8/2005 a conference was held to discuss the gold market. Gold was trading below $450 an ounce. it's doubled since then. Why? Here is a possible answer. Read and post comments | Send to a friend