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When All You Have Left Is the Cost of Breakfast at McDonald’s
By Dennis Miller When I was 20 years old, I sat through my first day of a business law course at Northwestern University. The professor began by writing two words on the blackboard (in the prehistoric days of blackboards and chalk): Caveat emptor. He raised his voice and said, “Let…
Fed’s QE Ending in October: A Success or Failure?
by Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines The Fed confirmed last week what we all had expected: it will end its massive QE bond buying program by the end of October. No surprise there. The question is, was QE a success, a failure or somewhere in between? Some argue that…
Kill Peter Pan: How to Make “Home” Unwelcoming In a World Where 26 Equals 18
By Dennis Miller My youngest son, who is now in his 50s, asked me what it felt like when all the children left the nest. I thought for a moment and said: For my entire adult life, I’d driven a boat down a clearly marked narrow channel. I had to…
Why Seattle’s Minimum Wage Hike Matters to Seniors
By Dennis Miller The US is gearing up for mid-term elections this November 4—so much so that Rolling Stone announced the relaunch of the “Rock the Vote” campaign last month (according to one of the younger members of my team). And just like clockwork, minimum wage is making headlines again…
Border Crisis – Why The Masses Are Coming
by Gary D. Halbert Between the Lines In my June 17 E-Letter, I focused on the border crisis in South Texas. Today’s post is an update. The government now admits that it has seen 52,000 unaccompanied illegal children cross our border this year and expects that number to reach at…
5 Simple Rules to Evolve Past the Hot-Stock List
By Andrey Dashkov If you’re a typical small-time investor, chances are you prefer to let a team of analysts fuss about such irksome things as correlation and beta. Maybe you’ve bought a stock because your brother-in-law gave you a hot tip, maybe you heard something about it on a financial…