Obamacare and Future Dependency
February 10, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The detrimental effects of Obamacare on the U.S. economy are myriad. The Congressional Budget Office was initially conservative on their estimations of long term effects of the bill, mainly because they were given strict parameters by which to make their predictions. But with the liberty to make new […]
Fear Mongering VS Awareness Building
February 4, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Have you ever made a decision to do something… and later realized that you would’ve done things differently had you known about X, Y and/or Z? The decision you made was based on the information you had, and you needed to make a play one way or another. […]
Next Up… Argentina!
January 27, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Poor economic policies are sending country after country into the basement, either to suffer through the turmoil or get a bailout or bail-in. Argentina has been on the radar among other emerging markets around the world with a precarious economic situation. Sadly, President Fernandez de Kirchner … as […]
The Tuition Bubble
January 20, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher It’s no secret that student loans is the next bubble in line to burst. Not to say that there aren’t other areas of our economy being manipulated at an unsustainable rate, but nothing puts you on the fast track to collapse like free money! The housing bubble was […]
The Burden of Compliance
January 13, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher The CBO forecasted approximately $123 Billion in costs tied to regulations for 2013. There’s good news and bad news tied to this… and let me warn you, the good news ain’t that great. The “good news” is, despite the forecast, the United States actually came in at only […]
The Eurozone Club: Part I
January 8, 2014 By: G. Matiss Merkelis, Contributor (Originally published January 1, 2014 at www.gmmerkelis.com) Today the small Eastern European country of Latvia joins the Eurozone. 1 January 2014 marks the second time Latvia is losing its currency, the lats, to an outside entity. The first happened back in 1940; then, the nation turned over […]
Global Reset is Upon Us
January 6, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, GWP Managing Director My 14 year-old son and I went to see the movie, “Snowpiercer” this past weekend. It was a very thought-provoking movie: something very different from anything else I’ve ever seen. I won’t spoil it, but if you are looking for a futuristic dystopia film, this certainly […]
The Worst Tax of 2014
December 31, 2013 By: Bobby Casey, GWP Managing Director Get ready for it. Prepare thyself. January 1st is opening day for one of the worst, and sneakiest taxes ever to slither its way into the tax code since inflation itself. Welcome to one of the many hidden and ubiquitous “taxes” found in Obamacare, so aptly […]
Obamacare: Exceptions Leading to Failure
December 26, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Obamacare was supposed to be the crown jewel of the Obama administration. But as time has passed and the law incrementally unfolds, it is becoming clear that this precious stone is really just worthless gravel. The only thing propping up the ACA right now are a bunch of […]
A Comprehensive Introduction to Crypto-Currency
December 23, 2013 By: Greg Simon, Contributor from knowmadiclife.com What is a crypto-currency? A crypto-currency is simply a digital medium of exchange. The most widely know and used crypto-currency today is bitcoin. Crypto-currencies are different from government fiat currencies in many ways. One critical main difference between government fiat currency and crypto-currency is denationalization. Crypto-currencies […]
