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category archives: Preservation Strategy
It’s Time To Start Calling This For What It Is: A Modern Day Depression
I recently posted a blog article on August 10, 2011 titled, “I was Two Years Too Early.. Preserving Wealth” where I would catalog my blog postings over the past two years stating my convictions on wealth preservation. Today’s missive by Rosenberg is to many, a stunner. For me it is not a stunner, merely recognition [...]
I was Two Years Too Early.. Preserving Wealth
In August 2009, I would begin publishing articles on my blog regarding concern for the amount of debt in the world and how that debt would eventually, and negatively, impact financial markets around the world. In those posts I began to discuss measures I would take to protect client portfolios from large loss when markets [...]
(No It’s Not) “This Time Is Different; Eight Centuries of Financial Folly”
This of course being the title of a book that came to market (ever so timely) in 2009. The book won instant critical acclaim, and to read it for yourself at a later date, click the link below from amazon to order. However, this is not a book review. Having read the book, the main [...]
Dow 9800, What is one to do now?
This posting is a more detailed look at my August 20, 2009 posting Commentary | Where do the markets go from here? I’ve recently begun crafting a short list of topics that have me concerned when viewed against the backdrop of current stock market valuations. This list will be a work in progress. I could [...]
“Inside the Meltdown” from PBS Frontline
May I ask for 56 minutes, 23 seconds of your time? If you have not seen PBS Frontline’s episode , “Inside the Meltdown”, I invite you to find an hour’s time to view this program online. Click this link to view Frontline’s page on this subject: To watch the video directly, click the link below: [...]
Commentary | Where do the markets go from here?
Although world stock markets have made excellent ground in recovering past years’ losses as reported in the Financial Times article dated August 15, 2009, S&P surge beats post-war record (click to read article) I continue to remain cautious regarding the longer term outlook for the US and world financial markets. Since nearly 70% of the [...]
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