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How to Convert Your Income Into Progressively Safer Streams

August 19, 2010 · 3 comments

in DIY, bills, bonds, business, careers, cashflow, debt, distributions, diversification, dividends, earnings, employment income, financial planning, hedging, income, investing (general), lifehack, money management, passive income, paycheck, real estate, risk, self-employed, side income, wealth protection, wealthbuilding

It’s bad enough to initially depend on just one source of income, but it’s even worse to not invest it or diversify it such that you protect it over time.  In other words, there is more than one way to diversify your income.
(1) You can diversify your sources of income so that you have, say, [...]

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US Treasuries Riskier Than US Corporate Debt

March 23, 2010

in Federal Reserve, US Treasury, US debt, US economy, USD, bonds, credit, currencies, debt, deficits, economy, inflation, interest rates, market trends, money supply, news and updates, risk, technical analysis, world reserve currency, yield

This is the news in US debt catching our eye early this week following the passing of the health care reform bill late Sunday night: charts of yields on US Treasuries are showing a spike in short-term, two-year treasury yields – a spike that lifts them above the yields on corporate bonds for the same [...]

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Take a Guess At the World’s Networth

March 18, 2010 · 8 comments

in bonds, currencies, debt, emerging markets, financial education, foreign investment, forex, government, international economy, money supply, networth, world order, world reserve currency

The entire world officially owes itself more money than it can produce in the form of equity assets.  Of course, the calculation might be meaningless, since the numbers are an aggregate of the nations involved, and it doesn’t make sense to imagine the world not being able to pay itself back.
But it’s still a thought-provoking [...]

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More Bank Failures Coming Up Ahead

February 3, 2009

in Obama, banks, bonds

According to news reported by Amanda Lang on BNN’s SqueezePlay yesterday, Barack Obama says there are more bank failures to come. (He’s speaking of US bank failures, of course…)
Kevin O’Leary also said that the US bank deleveraging is going to continue for the next 2-5 years.  This means it’s going to take quite some time [...]

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Peter Schiff On YouTube

January 10, 2009

in Obama, Peter Schiff, bonds

Can anyone find any logical flaws with any of Schiff’s arguments?  Not only is Schiff really smart, but his whole perspective and attitude seem really quite authentic and decent to me.  I mean, he tells it like it is.  That’s how Obama used to sound to me.  But now I don’t know so much about [...]

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30-Yr Bonds: The Next Big Bubble

December 6, 2008

in CAD, USD, bonds

We thought the sub-prime housing bubble was bad, but recent signs are pointing to the next big bad bubble: long 30-yr US Treasuries.  People are buying these treasuries like gangbusters right now if they’re buying anything at all, because at least you can get a 3% safe return on them, and they’re completely liquid.
But as [...]

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