Enhance Today | Enrich Tomorrow
This is a good look at some major components of the US economy over the last 16 years. There are a few insights that are particularly meaningful in understanding why overall job growth has continued to be disappointing. Two of…
Recently we’ve been asked how we can be confident about investing when the world seems so uncertain. It’s because we’ve been through rough times before, which helps us understand that short term losses are not an indication of long term…
The primary purpose of measuring risk capacity and applying it to an investment strategy is to prevent being forced to sell low. In other words, we want to prevent short term risk from harming your long term security. In operation, the…
Probably not, even though it may feel like it. What’s Going On The financial markets have been hit with a steady barrage of negatives. Europe is still struggling to address the problems inherent in the Euro — namely that they…
The total United States government spending for fiscal year 2011 is budgeted at $3.82 trillion. Of that amount we are borrowing $1.65 trillion in order to be able to pay all of our obligations. If the debt ceiling is not…
As most people know, healthcare costs have been rising much faster than other areas of our economy for decades. The chart below demonstrates what will happen to federal spending levels if healthcare costs continue to rise too quickly. Despite what…
As mentioned in our previous blog post about the debt ceiling, we said that our long term fiscal problem is heavily influenced by two issues- taxation and health care costs. There is a school of economic theory that says that…
There has been quite a bit in the news lately regarding the United States government hitting the legal debt limit set at $14.3 trillion. The Treasury Secretary has sent a letter to Congress warning them that if they fail to…
We all hear about how the US is going broke. Depending on the viewpoint or agenda of the source of what we hear, read or see, the cause of the federal government’s financial problems varies. Unfortunately, there is almost always…
The tragedy in Japan continues to be the top news story and warrants international support. While the human aspect of this crisis continues to be devastating, we can’t discount the economic impact as well. Well respected international fund family, First…
