We’ve just wrapped up the worst performing decade in U.S. stock market perforance history, so what is ahead of us? Don Davidson and Roland Manarin discuss this plus thoughts on the real estate market, gold, inflation and your financial safety during retirement.
In this edition of the link roundup members of the the Manarin Investment Counsel team touch on the areas of health, media, the stock market, IRAs and the environment.
If Economists Could Write the News on Trade Protection Mark Perry takes a Washington Post article on trade protection and crosses out words and replaces them with sentences to show how an economist would present the article. Very amusing.
How To Live To Be 100 Fascinating lecture on the world’s longest-lived societies and the common diet and lifestyle habits keeping them active past age 100.
Rethink that Roth A number of investors are interested in converting their tradional IRAs to Roth accounts but it might not make sense for you. This is a good overview of some of the issues you should be aware of.
What you are about to read is an assortment of links to articles that the Manarin team found over the past few weeks – some are economical, some are political, some are random, but all of the links are interesting … or so we think!
Don’t Cry For Me, America Not long ago Argentina was one of the world’s richest countries but government fiscal irresponsibility did not take long to cripple the nation.
Stocks Are Still Cheap Optimistic outlook for the stock market in 2010. Some good news to start off the New Year!
The Changing Artic A global climate change article originally published in November 1922 that sounds no different than much of the rhetoric we hear today.
Free work vs internships A unique take on the value of business internships. Recent college graduates should also check out the free e-book linked in the article.
For budget-conscious shoppers, the free ShopSavvy mobile device application is worth your attention. Your phone’s camera is transformed into a barcode scanner that allows you to find the best prices both online and in your local area.
For example, let’s say you are at a store and find that perfect gift for someone. You can pay full retail price at the store or with the ShopSavvy app you can scan the barcode to find out if another retailer has the same item at a better price.
Where the real power comes into play for consumers is for high price items. Suppose you are now in the market for that big, high definition TV you’ve had your eye on. The salesperson at the store you visit says their price is the best “deal” around But is it really?
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