The US economy appears to be near the bottom of its post financial crisis contraction, but the prospects for fundamental future growth will be highly dependent on the growth and expansion of new innovations and new businesses. Current government policy is tilted in...
In the current election-year political climate, the expected rhetoric about “helping the poor” is being heard from almost every politician and political propagandist in the nation. Typically, this flavor of campaign speech involves a proposal to increase taxes on “The...
It is becoming difficult to watch television, browse the internet, or listen to the radio without being bombarded with pronouncements concerning the expected future price of gold, or some other “investment” for which the advertiser is hoping you will part with your...
Inflation is a big topic around the Empowered Investor Network office, though not for the reason most might assume. The thing is – we love inflation because it makes us money as income property investors. Long time readers of this blog are probably already familiar...
By now, most people have heard about the second round of “Quantitative Easing” being conducted by the Federal Reserve. In short, this means that the Fed will be purchasing treasury bills with freshly printed money to inject more cash into the monetary system. To date,...
