My interview with the Managing Director and Chief Economist with Credit Suisse (recorded Monday, June 29) includes the 2Q09 end to the US recession, expectations of a sub par recovery of 3 1/2%, a sustained level of relatively high unemployment, and a potential compositional shift in the US economy. The length of the interview is 16 minutes 58 seconds. (Please visit the site to view this media) To learn about "Sectors and Styles Strategy Report" newsletter and other subsc... Read Full Story

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.........But First, A Word From Our Sponsor.......... Now in Print: What You Need to Know About America's Economic Crisis On election night, Amazon.com's top-selling book wasn't about Obama or even McCain. Instead, it was a book about the four American deficits that threaten to steal your wealth-and the steps you can take to reverse them. Based on the eye-opening film, IOUSA is your guide to America's enormous economic crisis. You won't find a more concise and complete evaluation of the g... Read Full Story

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The Fourth of July is just a few days away. So, how about a four step process to investment fireworks for this summer?The media is attributing yesterday’s stock market swoon as being driven by the disappointing report on US consumer sentiment. No doubt it is a contributing factor, however, a single data point does make a trend, for when one expands their time horizon beyond the day a decidedly bullish trend has emerged over the past 8 weeks as the above table clearly shows.Investment St... Read Full Story

IN THIS ISSUE: Millionaires' Club Shrank at Record Rate in 2008 Global Millionaire Population Still Concentrated, but... Household Net Worth Continues to Fall Conclusions Introduction With the double-whammy of falling home prices and a major bear market in stocks, and a global credit crisis on top of that, it is not surprising that the number of millionaires in the US and around the world plunged last year. An interesting new report out last week from Capgemini (a global consulting fi... Read Full Story

Long time readers know that I am a huge fan of the work of Neil Howe. His book, The Fourth Turning, was one of the seminal pieces of my reading over the last 30 years. And it has turned out to be stunningly prophetic. Uncomfortably so. A roughly 80 year cycle has been repeating itself for centuries in the Anglophile world, broken up into four generations or turnings. We have begun what Howe called many years ago The Fourth Turning. Neil Howe is the co-author, with the late William Strauss, o... Read Full Story

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.........But First, A Word From Our Sponsor.......... The Ultra Resource Index CD: 6 foreign currencies, 1 unique opportunity With our latest multi-currency Index CD, we've united the currencies of 6 nations rich in resources, finances, innovation and cash. The idea being that when global growth resumes, these countries may benefit more than most. The Ultra Resource currencies (each is equally represented in the CD): *Australian dollar *Canadian dollar *Hong Kong dollar *New Zea... Read Full Story

The End of the Recession? The New Normal Is Still In Our Future The Hidden Problem Within Unemployment Data Was Income Really Up? Tulsa, London, and The Baltics Last week we began a series on data abuse, about how various commentators twist and torture data to make it say what they want, or fail to look at the details underneath the headlines. Predictably, there is a lot of fodder this week as we forge ahead into this ripe territory. The headlines screamed that US income da... Read Full Story