Even as you read this, the very financial whizzes responsible for the subprime fiasco and global credit crisis, just the most recent on a long list of financial screw-ups, are lobbying Congress for permission to buy and manage your pension fund.
“A broad coalition of Wall Street firms, from banks and insurers to hedge funds and private equity firms, are pushing lawmakers to let them buy and manage so-called frozen corporate pension plans, which no longer accept new members but must continue to cover current ones. Of the $2.3 trillion in U.S. corporate pension fund assets, some $500 billion sits in …read more

By Wes Ball, author of The Alpha Factor – a revolutionary new look at what really creates market dominance and self-sustaining success. Read all of Wes’ posts here.
A friend just sent me a copy of an article about the presidential campaign from back in late May.  At first I wondered if she just thought I was so far out of touch that I needed to do some catching up.  She pointed out instead that my Alpha Factor model was playing out right before our eyes in this campaign.  I agree.
The article was written by Bernie DeGroat at the University of …read more

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The art of the sound bite isn’t a modern concept—it’s as old as human communications. Previously known as one liners, le mot juste or dozens of other terms over the years it involves just a few words that encompass and transmit a specific point or idea.
Will Rogers was a master le mot juste. More than a half a Century ago, he commented on the state of politics and his words are as literally accurate today as when he said them.
“We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its …read more