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    Share Your TSP Balance and Your Age Thread

    I haven't been here in a very long time. Age 66 still working w/ TSP barely into seven digits. Very aggressive position at the moment in equities (90/10 ... 10% of that 90 in the I fund). I plan to reallocate into a very defensive posture by the end of next week, just before Apple splits 4-1 on...
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    Oil Slick Stuff

    The idea of mid $80's oil will do a whammy at the pump and for home heating this fall and winter. Will act as a drag on growth ... national and international. If it becomes too much of a drag, the price per barrel will drop, and so will other commodity prices. However, lowering interest rates is...
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    Inflation Fears!

    Yeah, it doesn't make sense. Real estate is going through a slump and commodity prices are sagging as well, yet some on the Fed talk up inflation.
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    Inflation Fears!

    The Fed has to be talking up inflation for fear of a falling dollar ... and the possibility of higher priced imports from every other country except China. Some of the Fed governors may be worried about an increase in the minimum wage on the horizon too. So some on the FOMC talk up the...
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    Inflation Fears!

    Much of the talk concerns the trillions of US debt held by other nations. If some of that debt was dumped for repayment, well, it would be a problem. If it didn't lead to a great increase in interest rates, then it would lead to an extremely weak dollar and much more expensive imports. Like...
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    Gold and the Market

    Eh, gold. A look at the ETF fund in commodities -- i shares -- show the weighting of gold to be fairly low. Oil, one the other hand, has a very large weighting, about 75%. Recently another analyst on msn.com --Junak is his name, I believe -- has changed his investment strategy by with a very...
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    Iraq

    Re: Iraq no naming calling, just challenging logic Ask yourself: If the nation was really under threat of an imminent attack, would U.S. officials be concerned with developing a marketing plan for getting people behind the war effort? Would they be thinking that August would not be a good month...
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    Iraq

    Re: Iraq ... no name calling, just challenging logic They Lied About the Reasons for Going to War by Jacob G. Hornberger by Jacob G. Hornberger DIGG THIS In determining whether someone has lied, circumstantial evidence can oftentimes be as critical as direct evidence. For example...
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    Iran

    LOL Jimmy Carter, I believe would not have gotten into Iraq since the problem was Osama in Afganistan. The problem is that America is becoming an empire, and so it is not surprising that disgruntled guerrillas ... and militias ... and terrorists will do what they feel is necessary for the...
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    United States of America

    Funding For War, Social Security, Medicare: Pick Any Two of These Three by Bill Sardi by Bill Sardi DIGG THIS The day is coming when there will be no money to fight wars, unless there are severe cutbacks in Medicare and Social Security. After I wrote an article for Lew Rockwell...
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    United States of America

    A Social Security Liquidation Sale by Gary Jason http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/jason1.html DIGG THIS It is obvious to everyone (except those completely blinded by liberalism) that Social Security in particular and entitlement spending in general is headed off a fiscal cliff. Our...
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    United States of America

    Um, I see some of that at work myself: Americans retiring in Central and South America. Recently one guy was telling me about his retirement in Cochabama, Boliva. So I looked it up on Google earth: What a surprise! Problem is that, like it or not, taxes are a good indicator of a nation's fiscal...
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    United States of America

    Maybe immigration and "undocumented" aliens could be given a deal: if the head of the household would serve six years in any branch and capacity of the armed services, they and their family could become citizens. I kind of like that.
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    United States of America

    Facts are Birch, the national debt has exploded under the Family Values Party ... it has gone up exponentially. Rather than paying as we go, America has maxxed out on debt. The true cost of our system and lifestyle would be better measured by paying as we go. Both Clinton and Carter advocated...
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    United States of America

    Typical of the Party of Family values to blame others for the country's problems and to accept no responsibility for the the challenges facing the country. The Family Value's party is good for passing the buck. However, pay as you go is a definate policy that Clinton and Carter pursued, and...
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