Is this be the week the wheels come off the global economy? Some advice
In Michigan, the home of organized labor, we are celebrating Labor Day under dark skies and temperatures that may just break 60. Yet that’s sunny compared to the dire news coming out of Europe:...
View ArticleFacing foreclosure? Read and watch before you do anything
Like Beau Biden, the Attorney General of Delaware, Ingham County Register of Deeds Curtis Hertel, Jr., is a tireless crusader on a mission to clean up the mortgage mess. Even if you don’t like in...
View ArticleWill more of your money just go poof? A user’s guide to Zero Hedge, a blog...
The U.S. mainstream media arguably WMDed us into Iraq, and I, for one, believe they are currently failing to warn Americans that the global economy is perilously close to seizing up like a bad piston...
View ArticleNew study offers insight into our weak (and vulnerable) recovery
As Europe watches economic contagion spread from country to country, the United States shudders at the prospect of another downturn. Unfortunately as well, the U.S. has not recovered from its own...
View ArticleBlack (Swan) Friday? What should you buy if this is the start of the great...
It’s not just me, the resident gloom-and-doomer. And it’s not just a bunch of Tea Party folks fed paranoid claptrap by Fox News. People who are paying attention are beginning to see that a perfect...
View ArticleDon’t believe the hype – the truth about the stock market
The mantra about the stock market is that you would be a fool to invest in anything else because the market always pays off in the long run. The market goes up, the market goes down, but if you can …...
View ArticleIntroducing the Collapse Clock: Iran and Italy put a bullseye on our back
As we approach witching-hour festivities on New Year’s Eve, let’s hope the new Surviving Tough Times Collapse Clock doesn’t reach midnight anytime soon. The idea for the clock is to provide a visual...
View ArticlePunk Economics helps you understand Europe’s economic crisis
Why austerity doesn’t work. From Punk Economics. And just in case you were allowing yourself some optimism based on the supposed good news in the drop in the U.S. unemployment rate, here’s some...
View ArticleYour best bets to protect your money during a global economic meltdown
You wake up to discover the wall of international stock prices behind the blonde in the tight dress on CNBC is again uniformly blood red. The European stock market is plunging, and bank runs are...
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