Italy Steals 20% of All Incoming Bank Wires – Opportunity?
February 19, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director You may have read Kelly’s recent article, “Money Grabbin’” talking about how Italy is now imposing a 20% withholding tax on ALL incoming wires. If you haven’t read that article, click the link above and read it. This really happened. Not only did it happen this week, […]
Money Grabbin’
February 17, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher On the near anniversary of the Cypriot bank account seizures, the Eurozone is toying with the idea of dipping in once again. Both the EU and now Italy are making some plays for people’s capital and it ain’t pretty. This isn’t the behavior of a stable economy, or […]
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 […]
A Break From the Distractions
January 24, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher While Justin Bieber was getting hauled off for drag racing, DUI, and egging a house… or football fans determine they will no longer root for the Seahawks because all of a sudden it’s classless to talk smack to your opponents… other things were happening. So, I bring you, […]
How Obamacare Will Boost Your Portfolio
January 22, 2014 By: John Thomas, “The Mad Hedge Fund Trader” Still basking in the glow of 2013’s spectacular 26% gain in the Dow, I sat down on a rock on a high mountain the other day to try and figure out what happened. The last time I saw a move this healthy was back […]
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 Eurozone Club: Part II
January 14, 2014 By: G. Matiss Merkelis, Contributor (Originally published January 9, 2014 at www.gmmerkelis.com) It’s been just over a week since commenting on Latvia’s joining the eurozone on Jan 1, in Part I. One of Riga’s most popular lunch spots, Stockpot, remains on holiday / vacation, as they have pledged to do so for […]
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 […]
