Archive for Economics/Government

The Real Risk of The Future: It’s not only the national debt

Jul 30, 2011 No Comments by Bryan Binkholder

The Financial Coach Bryan Binkholder examines how so called ‘safe money’ or fixed investment (bond funds, bonds, municipal bonds) are actually not as safe as investors think especially given the historical nature of interest rates and the 30 year bull market bonds have had. Discover why Fixed Investments in your portfolios may not be the [...]

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Are The Rich Paying Their Fair Share in Taxes? See What The IRS Says

Apr 14, 2011 No Comments

Attached you’ll find a sad but true picture of our current tax system. Based on IRS figures for 2008, the top 10% of all wage earners paid almost 70% of total revenues for the country. The question begs asking. Attacking the rich is a great marketing and political statement but really, shouldn’t we all share [...]

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54% of American Think Taxes Just Right! Press Misses It–22% Under or Unemployed According to Survey

Apr 14, 2011 2 Comments

The AP released a poll saying that 54% of people surveyed believed taxes are just right (like the three bears).  Problem is the internal numbers show 22% are ‘not employed’ or ‘under employed’, 22% don’t have responsibility for filing taxes, 77% don’t expect to send in any money with their taxes and 51% of the [...]

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Middle East Crisis & Market Volatility

Mar 10, 2011 2 Comments

The Financial Coach discusses and explains why we don’t know what the future will be or what will ever happen. All we can know is that things probably won’t ever be the same tomorrow as it is today! As an investor you must TRULY DIVERSIFY (not the kind of diversification that the brokerage firms teach!) [...]

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My Money & The Fed’s Action

Nov 04, 2010 No Comments

Learn in 9 simple minutes what the Federal Reserves action of buying debt securities will mean to the economy, your investments and the market.  The Financial Coach answers the question of what happens to ‘My Money With The Feds Action.’

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