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Quantitative Easing’s Flawed Logic

by The Wall Street Geek

One of my favorite activities as a kid (and I’ll admit, as an adult too) is a logic puzzle.

Not just any logic puzzle, but those Dell Logic Puzzles with puzzles like “Determine which person bought which fruit”, and clues like “Noone bought apples and zucchinis” and “Harry bought what Sally didn’t”.

While these can give you a massive migraine, they’re excellent in developing deductive reasoning.

For example, let’s look at the following puzzle: “Determine the impact of Quantitative Easing on consumers”.

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Truth or Dare: Expire the Tax Cuts…Halt Job Creation?

by The Wall Street Geek

A popular rallying cry of the conservative party is that raising taxes on the rich implies that business owners will compensate for their increased taxes by not hiring additional employees. On the surface, it’s believable. Even a few feet below the surface, there’s truth to this argument. Regulations and taxes are two areas that send [...]

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Video: Investing in Penny Stocks – Pt 2

by The Wall Street Geek

Interested in investing in penny stocks? Continue to learn how to navigate the penny stock minefield to potentially find gold in this week’s episode of The Wall Street Geek.

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Video: Investing in Penny Stocks – Pt. 1

by The Wall Street Geek

Interested in investing in penny stocks? Learn how to navigate the penny stock minefield to potentially find gold in this week’s episode of The Wall Street Geek

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Video: Fundamentals of Market Timing

by The Wall Street Geek

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Video: Forecast Market Movements with Economic Indicators

by The Wall Street Geek

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Video: Learn How to Build a Less Risky Portfolio

by The Wall Street Geek

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Video: Learn Deflation Investing

by The Wall Street Geek

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Quantitative Easing May Not Be Pleasing

by The Wall Street Geek

Whenever I hear the phrase “quantitative easing”, I get a flashback to this statistics class that I took in graduate school. I’m sitting there with my stomach in knots, befuddled as to what the heck is going on. It’s pretty accurate to apply that same reaction to the latest buzz of a second round of [...]

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Exclusive Video! Inside the Geithner Residence

by The Wall Street Geek

    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner lost his temper during an August 2009 meeting with regulators. It was widely reported that Geithner became exasperated by the delays being caused by disagreements over the administration’s proposed financial regulatory changes. But what wasn’t widely reported was what happened that night in the Geithner residence. In another one [...]

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