Student Loan Debt
How advisors can help clients understand the burden of student loan debt and the best ways to reduce, eliminate or manage the debt load.
January 09, 2012
Has U.S. Economic Policy Reached the Point of No Return?Looking at the numbers on taxes, deficit spending and the money supply.
January 06, 2012
Gold at $10,000? Bullion Buff Barisheff Makes the CaseNick Barisheff offers a spirited defense of golds inevitable rise, arguing that increasing governmental indebtedness and currency debasement make todays gold price insignificant.
January 04, 2012
Bond Market Gives Eurozone Brief RespiteGermany and Portugal saw their borrowing costs dip at auctions, a signal that investors may have temporarily put aside some of their concerns over Europes debt crisis.
January 04, 2012
Bond Market Gives Eurozone Brief RespiteGermany and Portugal saw their borrowing costs dip at auctions, a signal that investors may have temporarily put aside some of their concerns over Europes debt crisis.
January 03, 2012
Everybody KnowsThe town where my grandparents lived was largely settled by Irish immigrants, and to this day, people there still speak with a hint of an Irish lilt. One day, we encountered a drunk man on the sidewalk, of whom my disapproving Nana said, Not every Irish here is a drunk,...
January 03, 2012
Rivlin: Time Is Running Out to Repair EconomyThis presidential race is sure to draw sharp divisions on budgetary questions in 2012, but prominent policymakers are hoping a flickering of bipartisanship may keep alight the flame of cross-party cooperation long enough to stave off national financial ruin.
January 02, 2012
Five Ideas for Guaranteed Returns in 2012: AnalysisBefore we embark on 2012s market roller coaster, lets consider a few investments with guaranteed results for a change.
December 22, 2011
Greece’s Creditors Resist IMF Push for Bigger LossesGreeces creditors are pushing back against an IMF drive to get them to accept larger losses on the countrys sovereign debt, with one Madrid-based hedge fund pulling out of the debt swap talks over the matter.
December 21, 2011
European Central Bank Lends $639 Billion Over 3 YearsThe European Central Bank loaned a massive euro489 billion ($639 billion) to hundreds of banks for an exceptionally long period of three years to shore up a financial system that is under pressure from the eurozone's government debt crisis.
December 21, 2011
European Central Bank Lends $639 Billion Over 3 YearsThe European Central Bank loaned a massive euro489 billion ($639 billion) to hundreds of banks for an exceptionally long period of three years to shore up a financial system that is under pressure from the eurozone's government debt crisis.