An interesting set of statistics provided by Michael Synder The following are 41 statistics about the national debt that are almost too crazy to believe…. 1 – As of June 20th, the U.S. national debt was $14,344,524,186,068.19. 2 – 30 years ago, the U.S. national debt was approximately 14 times smaller. 3 – It took from the […]
The real problem facing the government is not the $14.3 Trillion in Federal debt. Sure, it is too high and must be reduced. Yet the unfunded liabilities are the real problem and are multiples larger. This issue is dealt with by the Cato Institute in this policy analysis entitled Bankrupt: Entitlements and the Federal Budget by […]
More on The Fed and why QE is coming. That has been my position in recent posts regardless of what happens in the economy. Here is a similar take by “traderjoe” in a response to a Zerohedge post on Thu, 10/07/2010 – 14:57 #633466: The Fed has no choice. It’s not an excuse, or even a reason, […]
How do we solve our immense problem? No, not the economic problem, THE GOVERNMENT PROBLEM. Solve the government problem properly and there will be no more economic crises. NONE! PERIOD! Ron Holland defines part of the problem thusly: The Washington federal government can never pay off the massive $100 trillion plus national debt and unfunded […]
“The worst thing in the world next to anarchy is government.” Henry Ward Beecher Bloggers post what they claim to be the “scariest economic chart” or the ”chart of the century.” Indeed, many data sets are frightening, but none more so than the one to the left. Modern government has failed. These countries are insolvent and […]
The impending sovereign debt crisis is either upon us or just around the corner depending upon how you define time. If you thought 2008 was interesting, you ain’t seen nothing yet! The BIS (Bank for International Settlements) is the central bankers bank. When it makes pronouncements, one must listen. The Telegraph reports: “The Bank for International […]
The calendar year is not over, but some review of stock market performance may be useful in preparation for the new year. Normally this review would be restricted to Premium Members, but this one is unprotected. This type of inter-temporal momentum tracking will become a regular feature of this website, although future applications of it […]
Suggested stops for the December rankings are provided below. These are mechanical calculations based on ETF volatility. As usual, the first column represents the price at the end of November and the second two columns represent possible stop levels. One is tighter than the other and whether you choose either or set your own is […]
The December rankings and performance of previous rankings are provided below. Suggested stop levels for each of the rankings will be provided in a separate post. December Selections
This update is based on market-close data as of November 22. Performance is based on beginning of that month’s rankings, assuming they were purchased and held for a full month. Stop placement or early selling would produce different results. So, too would different entry or exit prices. There is no way to account for early […]
The ranking of the 11 ETF Asset Classes routinely followed on this site is shown below. These rankings reflect the latest order produced by the algorithm used to rank individual ETFs. There have been some movements in these rankings reflecting recent market action.
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