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Economic Turmoil in the 2nd Half of 2011?

by Wes Bridel on June 10, 2011

in Stewardship

What do we know that will lead towards or away from Economic Turmoil? (See beginning of newsletter here.)
The largest holder of US Debt (after the US Federal Reserve that is) is China.  Just this week they announced that they would be drastically reducing the amount of US Debt which they hold.  So they are a [...]

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The Fed’s Big Decision

by Wes Bridel on June 8, 2011

in Stewardship

That leads us to the Fed’s Big Decision. (Find Part 1 Here)

The current QE2 will end at the June 30th.  The Fed can’t really ignore what has been going on any longer.  The US Dollar has fallen dramatically since QE2 was announced.  It’s within only a couple points of reaching its all time low against [...]

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The Federal Reserve’s Problem

by Wes Bridel on June 3, 2011

in Stewardship

The Federal Reserve & Ben Bernanke held his first press conference yesterday.  He maintained that the Federal Reserve would not be changing course yet.  The Dollar continued to fall and gold and silver continued to surge.  Today’s letter will take a look at the predicament the Federal Reserve finds itself in.
Which is better the rock [...]

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Is the Fed Printing Money?

by Wes Bridel on December 13, 2010

in Random Musings

Printing money? We’ve been telling you for a year that it could destroy our way of life and that our Government, Wall Street, & particularly The Fed are trying to get us there as quickly as possible. A week ago, Jon Stewart of Comedy Central pointed out one of the many lies and [...]

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Government Horror Economic Update Video

by Wes Bridel on October 27, 2010

in Economic Updates

The government has been slowly taking away the rights of the people one at a time.  They have set things up for a drastic change to come.  This economic update is intended to quickly catch you up on the most important changes in the governments both here and abroad.  It is part [...]

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Hyperinflation, Deflation & the Currency War

by Wes Bridel on October 15, 2010

in Economic Updates

Hyperinflation is a horrible disaster. Will is strike the US?  Deflation is a grinding economy killer.  Will this be our fate?  Today’s video is an Update on hyperinflation, deflation, & currency wars.  Most of the world has undertaken policies to debase their own currencies at the expense of their own poor and middle class for [...]

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Financial Reform Bill: Economic Update

by Wes Bridel on July 19, 2010

in Economic Updates

The Financial Reform Bill is discussed in today’s economic update video as we continue our periodic series.  The Financial Reform Bill will do far more harm than good.  This bill helps banks and hurts consumers.
This video on the [...]

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Continuing our discussion from yesterday, the growth in the United States national deficit and money supply foreshadow difficulty for the Dollar.
We’ve been looking at factors which could lead to the destruction of Americans’ wealth and purchasing power.  Today, we’ll look at these two factors.

The National Deficit Keeps Adding Up
Even with this overwhelming looming crisis, our [...]

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Money in America

by Wes Bridel on July 2, 2010

in Stewardship

Money can be many different things.  We began yesterday discussing the history of money and will now look at this history within the United States.  When the United States Constitution was written, it gave Congress the right to “Mint Money”.  Every intelligent person knew that to be a valid currency, it must be backed by [...]

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Banks Problems and the Economy

by Wes Bridel on June 29, 2010

in Stewardship

We spoke recently about banks and the problems they are facing.
Let’s dig a little deeper into those.  The FDIC closes banks down every Friday, and we are at a record pace of banks failures so far this year.
Each Friday night that the FDIC goes in to close a new bank, it is found that the [...]

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