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Hugh Hendry – the One and Only

Chris Grande — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:36:44 +0000

Hugh Hendry is always very enlightening – his letters should be must-readings: April 2012 TEF Commentary Opinions in this letter are Hugh Hendry’s and posting here is not an endorsement of his investment ideas but merely thoughts to initiate different ideas in your mind – ok? Hugh Hendry – the One and Only is a [...]

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Makes You Want to Be a Trader

Chris Grande — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:14:13 +0000

Saw this little ETF return graphic today on The Growth Stock Wire (sorry it copied over rather bad): Symbol Price Change 52-Wk USA (SPY) 137.05 -0.07% +5.98% Japan (EWJ) 9.74 +0.21% -0.87% S. Africa (EZA) 65.70 +0.35% -5.85% Singapore (EWS) 12.74 -0.08% -5.97% S. Korea (EWY) 58.92 -0.19% -9.06% Taiwan (EWT) 13.03 -0.61% -9.79% Lat.America [...]

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Marc Faber – “You Should Be Nervous”

Chris Grande — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:57:28 +0000

Marc Faber from CNBC

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Who is “Fred the Frugal Eagle?”

Chris Grande — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:01:10 +0000

The St Louis Fed is offering a financial education series called Soar to Savings and featuring a cartoon character called the "Frugal Eagle" and covering various financial topics such as:

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Italy Bailing Out…Italy!

Chris Grande — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:29:40 +0000

My thinking, which is far from perfect goes like this. Currently, with global turmoil, money is moving into US financial assets as investors flee to the "safety" of the dollar. I have noticed strength (meaning up moves and lack of down moves) in the stocks of very large US companies

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Watch This European Politician at Work as He Blasts the Whole Idea of the EMU

Chris Grande — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:54:02 +0000

Nigel Farage, Member of European Parliament (MEP) sharing what he thinks about the situation in Europe and especially how unelected “technocrats” (hot word of the year) are running things and pushing aside elected officials (basically “smart” people know what’s best for the people, not the dumb average voter, ie YOU). Quite, quite entertaining – blasting [...]

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Always “Count” Your Change

Chris Grande — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:22:55 +0000

I noticed the dates - a bit old right? And what were quarters and silver (hint) dollars made from before 1965? You curious what these are worth? This site is helpful: Coinflation Bottom line for me - lunch cost me NEGATIVE 6 bucks:) as each quarter is worth just under $6 with today's silver price. The side lesson here is now you know how much prices have risen since 1965. At the time, the quarter had the purchasing power of $6 in today's money

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Americans Are Lazy and Should Work More for Less-Video

Chris Grande — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:59:49 +0000

Marc Faber with an excellent rant on laziness, coddling the rich, bad incentives, and the problem of too much debt and no work

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Peter Schiff Explains the Problem

Chris Grande — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:37:07 +0000

Schiff specifically addresses the effect of stimulus spending on the economy, whether government funded jobs create growth, deficit spending, the effects of debt and deficit spending on investment and capital formation

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“Hour Glass’ Economy – P&G’s Marketing Strategy

Chris Grande — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:07:13 +0000

P&G has a new marketing strategy - basically create really cheap products for lower income people, and very nice/quality products for those who can pay for it.

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