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American Investment in the 21st Century

SENATOR MARCO RUBIO

How Central Banking Increased Inequality

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Japan is already doing MMT

What's Coming Next

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Hussman on Ponzi Economy

Fed: Risk is Contained 2019

Plunge Protection Team

Warren Buffets Bet

Dollar-Cost Averaging is not an Investment Strategy

Inflation, COLAs & the Economy

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IMF Financial Instability Report 2017

 

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TSP F fund Seasonal Pattern

for retirees and low-risk investors

About our Almanacs Side-by-side view of TSP C/S/F funds (S&P 500 / Small Caps / Fixed Income) daily seasonal tendencies based on the trading day of each month.  Allows you to identify days of seasonal strength or weakness based on flows of money into and out of the market. Our almanacs separate bull and bear markets data.

 

 

 

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aggregate bond index

Options Expiration Price Progressions

now incorporated in 

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