Feb 25 2009
Why the lost decade wasn’t such a loss
You’ve no doubt heard the term “lost decade” to describe what’s happened to stocks since 1999. And that may have you wondering whether equities are worth the risk and whether buy-and-hold investing, dollar-cost averaging and dutifully contributing to your 401(k)’s mutual funds are a sucker’s bet.
Jan 26 2009
It’s Always Best To Lie To The Public
British-style “honest government”:
“Britain was just three hours away from going bust last year after a secret run on the banks, one of Gordon Brown’s Ministers has revealed.
City Minister Paul Myners disclosed that on Friday, October 10, the country was ‘very close’ to a complete banking collapse after ‘major depositors’ attempted to withdraw their money en [...]