California Wants to Give Back $15 Million in Returned Tax Refunds

Archive for January, 2011

California Wants to Give Back $15 Million in Returned Tax Refunds

Friday, January 7th, 2011 | Comments Off

The Franchise Tax Board has been constructing a massive piggy bank with California’s returned state income tax refunds – $15 million in total.

Gas Prices on the Rise?

Friday, January 7th, 2011 | Comments Off

The price of oil has slowly started to inch up, with pundits saying we shall soon see $100 per barrel again if the recession gives way. That certainly will mean higher gas prices. And speaking of higher gas prices, look at what the rest of the world is paying right now for gasoline: United States: […]

US Consumer Online Banking Solution Review Now Published

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 | Comments Off

The Mercator Advisory Group has recently published the much longed for report entitled “US Consumer Online Banking Solution Review: It’s All in the Eyes of the Beholder.”

Think Twice About 5-year California IRA CDs

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 | Comments Off

Famed equities investor John Hussman, whom we greatly respect, once wrote an article where he predicted terrible results for the next 10 years of US equity returns. You must remember that U.S. stock returns for the last lost decade (0% returns for 10 years) were something we just went through, and Hussman does not see […]

Which Hedge Fund Trades Should You Watch in 2011

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | Comments Off

Who did well trading with market forecasts for IRA accounts last year? John Thomas, founder of the international hedge fund industry. Last year (2010), the top performing stock market in the world was Argentina. He caught and recommended stock market number two, Chile (ECH) which went up +45% and he got a 75% return on […]

Silver Ends 2010 at 30-year High Beating CDs

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | Comments Off

What’s in store for the precious metals for 2011? Metals gurus are citing even greater price increases due to fears of inflation and fears that the FED’s move are out of control. In addition, many are pushing for higher prices to go against some large firms with macro short positions. Basically the increasing demand is […]

Archive for January, 2011