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Understanding The Credit Crunch

March 10, 2008 – 3:00 pm

Understanding The Credit CrunchBy Howard Fletcher
This article is a successor to an article I wrote on October 11, 2007 in which I suggested that the credit crunch would be far worse than most people believed and that the impact on the stock market, the financial system, economic vitality and inflation could be significant. Now it […]

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Federal Budget Cuts Will Kill Federal Spending and Hurt the Housing Market in the DC Suburbs

March 9, 2008 – 2:59 pm

Federal Budget Cuts Will Kill Federal Spending and Hurt the Housing Market in the DC SuburbsBy Lance Winslow
After studying the regional economic collapse of the last several previous recent decades, I see unfortunate turbulence that will disturb our in flight movie this evening. Why you ask? Well, because the Federal Government has over spent, some […]

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Nafta, Cafta, or Shafta - AKA Shafted

March 6, 2008 – 3:26 pm

Nafta, Cafta, or Shafta - AKA ShaftedBy Richard Walrath
When we think about NAFTA, most of us automatically think about two things, Bill Clinton and lost jobs. Most people when they hear the word NAFTA, think NAFTA, CAFTA, or SHAFTA (as in shafted), but that's because they don't know the history. Bill Clinton has consistently received […]

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What Next for Victims of Egg?

March 5, 2008 – 11:35 am

What Next for Victims of Egg?By R. Charlton
Since the Internet financial giant Egg announced its decision to withdraw the credit card facilities of 161,000 customers, there has been a great deal of controversy, with industry professionals, government officials, and consumers launching verbal attacks on the lender. Egg has been accused of cancelling credit cards because […]

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Is the Housing Market and Subprime Lending Crisis Taking Down All the Economies of the World?

March 2, 2008 – 2:04 pm

Is the Housing Market and Subprime Lending Crisis Taking Down All the Economies of the World?By Lance Winslow
No one likes to hear anymore doom and gloom about the economy, especially here in the real estate sector, where it is intimately up close and personal. However, it looks like the old saying is true: "When the […]

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