Should You Buy a House Now?
David Galland, Managing Editor The Casey Report Recently, we have had a number of queries about real estate. And no wonder. For starters, real estate…
Finance
Should United States debt be rated as junk bonds?
Daryl G. Jones Fortune A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I’m a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers…
UK tax blunder rebellion: Experts urge 1.4m NOT to pay for taxman’s mistake
Becky Barrow and James Coney Daily Mail Around 1.4million Britons are being urged to stage an unprecedented revolt over plans to claw back up to…
Reality Economics
Truman Show Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Lew Rockwell As a culture, we like our reality on television, but seem to oppose it in economics. For…
Problem bank list climbs to 829
Hibah Yousef CNN Money The government’s list of troubled banks hit its highest level since 1993 during the second quarter, although the pace of growth…
Investors Spooked As Glitch Sends Gold to $3400
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Investors were briefly panicked yesterday when the Yahoo Finance website indicated that gold had soared to over $3400 dollars an…
Time to Go Global
Chris Wood, Editor Casey Research Here at Casey Research, we really don’t enjoy being a buzz-kill. It’s just that we think it’s more important…
Stocks begin lower as investors enter week cautiously
Stephen Bernard Associated Press NEW YORK — Stocks edged lower Monday as investors took a cautious approach to trading before the government’s latest report on…
Beware of That New Credit Card Offer
Jessica Silver-Greenberg Wall Street Journal Amid all the junk mail pouring into your house in recent months, you might have noticed a solicitation or two…
Credit Card Debt Drops to Lowest Level in 8 Years
Eileen AJ Connelly Associated Press NEW YORK — The amount consumers owed on their credit cards in this year’s second quarter dropped to the lowest…
Credit Card Rates At Nine-Year High
Ruth Simon Wall Street Journal Interest rates continue to tumble for the U.S. Treasury, companies and home buyers alike. But for a large portion of…
Post-Mortgage Meltdown, Where Do We Go Now?
NPR For more than 20 years, the mantra in Washington has been “more, not less” when it comes to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the…
Failure Of Obama’s Pet ShoreBank Costs Taxpayers $368 Million, Which Immediately Goes To Goldman Sachs Among Others
Tyler Durden Zero Hedge After a lengthy attempt to bail out his pet bank, ShoreBank Chicago, Illinois, which included several alleged armtwisting episodes by the…
Homeowners’ Rebellion: Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof?
Ellen Brown Seeking Alpha Over 62 million mortgages are now held in the name of MERS, an electronic recording system devised by and for the…