24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 5 Creative Ways to Save for a Down Payment
5 Creative Ways to Save for a Down Payment
It’s time. You’ve rented long enough, and you’re ready to become a homeowner. But saving for a down payment is easier said than done
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stunning Footage Of Israeli Strike Leveling 12-Story Gaza Building
Stunning Footage Of Israeli Strike Leveling 12-Story Gaza Building
Late on Saturday afternoon, supposedly in retaliation for yet another round of shelling by Hamas now that the X+1 “ceasefire” has failed to lead to anything tangible, Israel bombed an apartment tower in Gaza City, collapsing the 12-story building with 44 apartments. The dramatic strike is shown in the blip below. Amazingly, while dozens were wounded in the strike, no one was killed, Palestinian officials said.
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Earthquake rattles California wine country
Earthquake rattles California wine country
View photos of the damage from the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck Northern California’s wine country early Sunday, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving at least 89 people injured, three critically.
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24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Fact Or Fiction: US Treasury ‘Agents’ Go Undercover Posing As Russian Businessmen
Fact Or Fiction: US Treasury ‘Agents’ Go Undercover Posing As Russian Businessmen
Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog,
This one is almost too sensational to be real. Almost.
I’ve written to you before about the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an agency of the US Treasury Department that chases around people they suspect of committing financial crimes.
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Russia Asks If America Is Still Fit To "Participate In Solving International Problems"
Russia Asks If America Is Still Fit To "Participate In Solving International Problems"
Yesterday it was China slamming America’s superpower status (and thus dollar reserve currency status) when in Sina News it stated the following:
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Hedge Funds Are Making Money In 2014: The Full Strategy Breakdown
How Hedge Funds Are Making Money In 2014: The Full Strategy Breakdown
As part of his latest weekly report, Goldman’s David Kostin breaks down the full array of strategy “baskets” used by hedge funds at this moment to outperform the market in 2014. In a nutshell, the best performing strats right now involve betting on a high vs low tax rate divergence (perhaps because companies facing high tax regimes are soaring on hopes they will engage in a price-boosting tax inversion deal), and shorting BRIC exposure:
24 August, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Better late than never, but early is better still
Better late than never, but early is better still
Soon after I started blogging, I suggested that the importance of monetary policy would be clearly exposed by the way the recovery from the Great Recession played out. That was true in the Great Depression, where the role of money was not noticed during the first couple years of the 1930s, but became clearer as each country started to recover after they left gold. I don’t think anyone can deny that this prediction has been confirmed in this recovery. Just look at the varying paths of the US, Japan, Britain and the eurozone.