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Author Archives: Lenore
Bearish on gold? Not by a long shot!
Turn on CNBC or read most of the mainstream investment periodicals and you’ll see all kinds of comments about the happy-go-lucky bull market and a plethora of pokes aimed at those who didn’t buy into the recent bull run. For … Continue reading
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Comparative History: 2012 vs. 1998
Comparative History: 2012 vs. 1998 The first quarter of 2012 was a stunner in the equity markets, giving us the best first quarter since 1998, which begs the question, what did 1998 look like relative to 2012? 1998 2012 Sector … Continue reading
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Tagged bull market, consumer confidence, earnings, fed policy, federal reserve, fiscal policy, Lenore Hawkins, Q1 2012
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More Solyndra-like loans haunt DC
We learned this week that Republicans pushed for Solyndra-like loans for their cronies as well. This should not surprise anyone. Politicians, whether from the left or the right, will always be under pressure to fund their crony’s ventures, putting their … Continue reading
New Home Refinancing Plan Steals from Piggy Banks to Boost Prices
On February 8th Lenore Hawkins joined the Freedom Fighters to discuss a new proposal to aid the struggling housing market and the recent push to include Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the federal budget. President Obama wants a sweeping … Continue reading
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Tagged Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Freedom Watch, Home Refinancing, Judge Napolitano, Lenore Hawkins, Mortgage Refinance, Obama
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Not out of the woods yet with the economy
The Economy While the domestic economy is strengthening a bit, the recent unemployment numbers greatly overstate the improvement as most of the gains simply came from people leaving the workforce rather than actual employment gains. At Meritas, we mostly ignore … Continue reading
General Motors enjoys record profits
Lenore Hawkins joins David Asman and the Power Players to discuss GM’s record earnings this quarter.
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Tagged David Asman, General Motors, Lenore Hawkins, Profits, Reporting
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Americans renouncing citizenship over onerous tax code
On January 25th, Lenore Hawkins joined the Freedom Fighters to talk about Americans giving up their citizenship due to the onerous tax code. The current tax code is outrageous. In 1913 the Federal Tax code was 400 pages. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged American citizenship, Freedom Watch, Lenore Hawkins, renounce, renouncing, resident alien
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How Derivatives Led to Economic Collapse Made Simple and Fun
I wish I could take credit for this level of entertaining insight, but I cannot. This was forwarded to me in an email that I just had to share. A Primer: Understanding Derivatives Heidi is the proprietor of a bar … Continue reading
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Tagged economic collapse, economic theory, Lenore Hawkins, taxes
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Lenore Joins Freedom Watch to talk immigration and the 1%
On December 22nd, Lenore Hawkins joined Freedom Watch with Dunstan Prial and Jonathan Hoenig to discuss the debate on immigration and the push-back in the media by the so-called 1%. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Watch the latest video … Continue reading
Lenore joins Freedom Watch to discuss the nation’s debt
On December 16th, Lenore joined Judge Napolitano in studio for most of the hour to discuss a wide range of topics including the nation’s debt problems and the U.S. military. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Watch the latest video … Continue reading
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Tagged eurozone, financial crisis, Freedom Watch, Lenore Hawkins, Napolitano, National Debt
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