Archive - May, 2009

Are you better off without a financial planner?

For a computer-literate investor, the result is a cornucopia of investment research riches, assuming they can trust their sources. This is by no means assured in the wild Web world of anonymous identities and get-rich-quick hustlers.

via Jon Chevreau (aka Wealthy Boomer) asks if you’re better off alone.

China Warns US Federal Reserve About ‘printing money’

I must have been asked about that a hundred times in China. I was asked at every single meeting about our purchases of Treasuries.

via telegraph.co.uk

U.S. Debt Default, Dollar Collapse Altogether Likely

The prospect of the United States defaulting on its debt is not just likely. It’s inevitable, and imminent.

via seekingalpha.com

Willem Buiter warns of massive dollar collapse

The long-held assumption that US assets – particularly government bonds – are a safe haven will soon be overturned as investors lose their patience with the world’s biggest economy, according to Willem Buiter.

via telegraph.co.uk