BNN: Is this a bull or bear market?

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, October 3, 2011
http://www.bnn.ca/News/2011/6/16/Is-this-a-bull-or-bear-market.aspx

BNN.ca staff | June 16, 2011

 Equity markets have pulled back sharply in recent weeks and fears over the economic recovery are becoming more pronounced. BNN gathers two noted investors for their take on whether the bull-run of the last two years is over or if this is just a temporary roadblock.

"I don’t think we are at the end of the bull market because if you are signaling the end of the bull market you are basically sh...
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Globe & Mail: The scary real U.S. government debt

Posted by Jackelyn Ford on Monday, October 3, 2011
http://www.globeadvisor.com/servlet/ArticleNews/story/gam/20101027/RBREYNOLDSCOLUMN1027ATL 

Neil Reynolds | October 27, 2010

Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff says U.S. government debt is not $13.5-trillion (U.S.), which is 60 per cent of current gross domestic product, as global investors and American taxpayers think, but rather 14-fold higher: $200-trillion - 840 per cent of current GDP. "Let's get real," Prof. Kotlikoff says. "The U.S. is bankrupt."

Writing in the September ...


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Jackelyn Ford These articles have been chosen because they provide a macro view of the financial world. This wide scope of articles can then be applied to aid your own personal financial situation. E.O.E.