Tim Owensby on November 20th, 2008

This is by far the worst post election stock market in history. The good news is it finally looks like everyone is running for the doors.
Panic? Not really, not yet.
Will there be panic? I don’t think so. I think much of what is happening has little to do with panic selling. Much of the sell [...]

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Tim Owensby on November 10th, 2008

In a previous post I talked about the hearing held on October 7, of this year about seizing retirement accounts, 401(k), IRA and other pension plans.
The details of the plan being contemplated are from a position paper written by Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor of economic policy analysis at the New School for Social Research in [...]

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There is a great deal to do before the end of the year now that we know who the next President will be. I am still seeing lots of hits from people searching for answers on how to deal with an Obama administration. As I mentioned in some other posts here, many seem to be [...]

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Tim Owensby on October 20th, 2008

unless they are asking for my vote.
I woke up this morning to so many emails from the contact page I had to turn it off temporarily. At first, I thought it interesting my posts on Preparing for an Obama presidency and “President Obama” would stir up such interest. Then I noted in a few of [...]

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Tim Owensby on September 29th, 2008

Yes, I know the consensus is “something” has to be done. Yes, I know the dire scare tactics being used. Yes, I know it has the support of the democrats, many republicans and the President. Yes, I know it is probably a given that it will pass and be signed into law.
BUT IT SHOULDN’T BE!
What [...]

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Tim Owensby on September 16th, 2008

Yesterday, I received several calls, emails and instant messages with the same theme…
The markets are crashing around us! Should we liquidate? The media (and Obama) are exclaiming this to be the worst catastrophe since the Great Depression! How will we ever survive this mess?
I reminded them if their stop loss settings kicked in and a [...]

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