Tag Archives: Money and Finance

Bipartisan Legerdemain

In their latest effort to keep Americans from paying any attention to the man behind the curtain, the Democrats blame the economic meltdown on insufficient Federal regulation while the Republicans blame porn-surfing Federal regulators. President Obama demands a new era … Continue reading

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Education of a Real Estate Investor, Day 13

I finally connected with the second hard money outfit I saw advertised in my local newspaper. It turns out, they’ve only money for commercial real estate. They will go 75% loan-to-value (LTV) on buildings and 50% LTV on land. In … Continue reading

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Schiff and Rogers agree

Peter Schiff and Jim Rogers agree that inflation is coming and the place to invest is in gold and commodities. Schiff feels that the dollar is going to continue to get weaker which will only strengthen the value of commodities. … Continue reading

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Education of a Real Estate Investor, Day 12

As I suspected when I began this project, there are a lot of snake oil peddlers out there. It is very obvious that most of these “gurus” (which you invariably see spelled “guru’s” as if an apostrophe means “Look out, … Continue reading

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What has government done to our money?

We got the “public option” for money in 1913, with the creation of the Federal Reserve. On April 5, 1933, FDR turned our money into a single-payer system with Executive Order 6102 “forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, … Continue reading

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Obama didn’t lie, not exactly

Over at Taki’s Magazine, Jack Hunter does a pretty good job of demolishing not just our current Lord and Master BHO, but also the sorry procession of buck-naked, wannabe emperors who preceded him. In several respects though, the Great One … Continue reading

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