Jun 6 2012
The dark financial clouds engulfing Europe. CBO projects massive deficits yet Treasury Bills move lower on global mattress bet.
The Congressional Budget Office released national debt projections showing the US Federal debt will surge to over 200 percent of GDP in the next two decades. Or maybe it will go under 100 percent. It is an interesting wide range projection. You only have a few options to remedy the situation and for the moment […]
Jun 3 2012
The day the credit markets awake from a slumber – $1 trillion in consumer debt currently delinquent. Student debt continues to grow adding fuel to the higher education bubble.
With much of the attention being diverted to the cascading financial crisis in Europe something was missed in the United States. The incredibly important quarterly consumer credit report released by the Federal Reserve highlighted some disturbing trends. The first overall point is that the American consumer continues to deleverage. Yet with a system built on […]