#35 – Fiscally Fit Quiz, Jason Hartman

Fiscally Fit: A Check-Up for Your Financial Fitness What is the best way to avoid future market bubbles? Gold . . . lots and lots of gold. A survival bunker isolated on 30 acres in the woods, surrounded by barbed wire. By directly controlling universally needed...

#34 – Cash Flow in Indianapolis, Jason Hartman

At the end of 2008, Sara informed me about an REO property in Indianapolis that was built in 2004, and available from the bank for a very attractive price. The only hitch was that the property needed some rehab and repairs. (Go figure – owners who get foreclosed on...

#33 – We Are Out Of Money Now, Jason Hartman

We don’t mean to scare you – well, actually we do. The words above were spoken by President Obama at a recent press conference. Ouch. Does that mean the U.S. economy is a car with a bone-dry gasoline tank still rolling slightly from 233 years of inertia? Maybe?...

#32 – Too Big To Fail, Jason Hartman

Within the lexicon of business terminology, there is a popular phrase entitled “too big to fail” that is frequently used to describe large industry players that are kept afloat by the government when they are faced with financial ruin. The theory behind...

#31 – Side-Step the Bubble Machine, Jason Hartman

A recent article published by Matt Tiabbi in Rolling Stone magazine articulated the role that Goldman Sachs is believed to have played in market manipulations since the Great Depression. The thesis of this article is that Goldman Sachs places itself in the middle of...