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Category Archives: National Debt
Déjà vu all over again?
The market has now risen five days in a row and we’ve been predicting a downtrend. What gives? After a 20% decline in the markets, some sort of temporary uptrend is not surprising. We note that the rise has been … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, Financial Crisis, National Debt, Political
Tagged crisis, eurozone, Lenore Hawkins
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Lenore Hawkins joins Neil Cavuto to discuss Solyndra
A mind-boggling $528 million taxpayer dollars were lost when the solar power technology firm Solyndra declared bankruptcy. Lenore Hawkins and Neil Cavuto discuss the implications of this latest scandal. Government’s job is to create an environment for success not to … Continue reading
Lenore Hawkins on Bulls and Bears
On August 26th, Lenore Hawkins spoke with the Bulls and Bears team on how hurricane Irene could push the economy over the edge into a recession. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
Posted in Financial Crisis, National Debt
Tagged Bulls and Bears, Hurricane Irene, Lenore Hawkins
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Lenore Hawkins on Freedom Watch
Freedom Fighters Charles Payne, Ellis Henican and Lenore Hawkins discuss the debt ceiling debate outcome and the case of cancer patient Jan Cline who works to pay down her skyrocketing medical bills by holding weekend garage sales in her backyard. … Continue reading
Posted in National Debt
Tagged Charles Payne, Ellis Henican, Freedom Watch, Lenore Hawkins
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The lunacy of the debt ceiling rhetoric and more!
On July 19th, Lenore Hawkins joined Jonas Max Ferris of MaxFunds.com and Jonathan Hoenig on the Fox All Star Team for the Cavuto Show to discuss the debt ceiling, Apple and Yahoo earnings, lack of job loss in federal workers, … Continue reading
Posted in Economic theory, Investing, National Debt, Taxes
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Debt Ceiling – what most get wrong
The Debt Ceiling is a cap set by Congress on the amount of debt the federal government can legally borrow. The cap applies to debt owed to the public, (meaning anyone who buys U.S. bonds) plus debt owed to federal … Continue reading
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Can’t Fight the Fed… or is it the Economy?
As the saying goes, “Don’t fight the Fed.” Or perhaps it is Mr. Bernanke that can’t fight the economy. While in the short-run I’ve seen the Fed show itself to be a potent force, I’m putting my bets in the … Continue reading
Posted in Investing, National Debt, Regulation, Taxes, Unemployment
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Q1 Dissapointed, Q2 to repeat?
After the disappointing growth in the first quarter of 2011, many economists believed that the economy would pick up in the second quarter. At Meritas we looked at the trends in housing (still dropping), employment (fewer employed today than in … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis, National Debt
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Falling Bond Yields
With all the talk about sovereign debt problems, from the PIIGS+ (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain, and now Belgium) to the U.S. unsustainable debt trends, one would imagine that the cost of debt would show some of this concern. But … Continue reading
Posted in Inflation, Interest Rates, National Debt
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