Author Archives: ayecapitalist

Libyan War of Liberation – A Success Story

Posted on August 25, 2011 by ayecapitalist

As news pours in about the freedom-seeking rebels closing in on Tripoli a mere five months after the attack on Benghazi, I was thinking of the momentous changes that we have helped with in the Arab world and what a … Continue reading →

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Gold as a Thermometer for the Economy’s Fever

Posted on August 22, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Have you heard of Peter Schiff? He runs an unusual brokerage company called Euro Pacific Capital which can get you investments you can’t get into elsewhere, like Australian stocks/CDs and physical gold. He is someone widely derided by the conventional … Continue reading →

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Are Taxes too High?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by ayecapitalist

I received a very informative link to ten telling charts about U.S. taxes, from my friend Ashok Chandra that I wish to share. Our taxes are the lowest they have been since 1950! Corporate taxes have been falling precipitously for … Continue reading →

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America Downgrades Itself!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Yesterday the inevitable happened. S&P downgraded U.S. debt from AAA to AA+. It was a stunning case of self-inflicted pain by a dangerously dysfunctional government. They were ably aided by a media that is incapable of analysis and perspective, so … Continue reading →

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How to Invest in the Coming Market Debacle

Posted on August 5, 2011 by ayecapitalist

As I write this the global stock markets have shed $4.3 Trillion in the last 10 trading days! It’s pretty clear that Financial Disaster looms here in the U.S. I wrote a month ago that all the dysfunctions that caused … Continue reading →

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The President’s Cunning Debt Ceiling Compromise

Posted on July 29, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Roundup of Today’s News Thursday July 28, 2011 Cabinet Room, The White House, 11 am President Obama spoke to reporters after a grueling two-hour session of negotiations with the House Speaker, John Boehner. His mood was upbeat as he announced … Continue reading →

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The Speech Obama Should Have Given

Posted on July 27, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Having just spent two-weeks vacationing in Europe I was mercifully spared our political Kabuki theater on the budget impasse. I returned, sadly,  to a Washington that was still  a shrieking, destructive, primal, feudal, apocalyptic wasteland of partisan banshees … (This … Continue reading →

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Financial Disaster Looms – What Should We Do?

Posted on July 8, 2011 by ayecapitalist

The 2008 financial crisis was a once-in-a-century catastrophe. It put our economy in Intensive Care from which it has taken us $23.7 Trillion to get out. If that number surprises you you’re not alone. Much of the $23.7T is Federal … Continue reading →

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Sesquipedalians for those who do not suffer from Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by ayecapitalist

So what’s the longest word in the English language? I like words. I love to do the New York Times Crossword puzzle which celebrates words, unusual usage and popular American culture. So I care about questions such as: what’s the … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Obama

Posted on July 4, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Dear Mr. President, Can we talk? Your presidency is failing. I voted for you, as did millions of others, because we thought you could arrest our country’s precipitous decline. America desperately needed change when you came into office – we … Continue reading →

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