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Oil’s Out – Find Out What’s In

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By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Strategist, Casey’s Energy Opportunities
The International Energy Association (IEA) has spoken. What the world needs now is a clean energy technology revolution.
June saw the 2010 launch of IEA’s biannual report, Energy Technology Perspectives. Speaking at the launch was Nobuo Tanaka, executive director for IEA. The Gulf oil spill, he said, could prove to be a tipping point in the world’s energy consumption habits.

 
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Trading In Emerging/Exotic Currencies Increases

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The long wait is over! The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has just released the results from its Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity, conducted in April 2010. The report contains a veritable treasure trove of data, perhaps enough to keep analysts busy until the next report is released in 2013. [Chart below courtesy of WSJ].

 
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Why Covering up Fraud Losses Impairs Economic Recovery

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Part One: The Unbearable Lightness of the Accounting Cover Up
Bad bankers, bad regulators, and bad politicians love to cover up losses, fraud, and bank failures. The snake oil peddlers pushing for a cover up scream that if losses are recognized capitalism will collapse. Recognizing losses “causes” bank failures (ponder that “logic”). Bank failures cause other banks to fail.

 
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What’s Necessary? What’s Not Necessary?

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Naomi is trying to get a good picture of her actual spending and is using a very good process to get there. She’s run into a bit of a snag, though.

 
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Carnival of Financial Planning 08-27-2010

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Carnival of Financial Planning 08-27-2010

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #155 – August 27, 2010

Welcome to the August 27, 2010 Edition #155 of the Carnival of Financial Planning.

 
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Getting Real Value from Budgets

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When I reached my financial bottom in April 2006, one of my first responses was to simply start reading a lot about personal finance. I checked out a pile of books from the library on personal finance and tackled a lot of different suggestions from those books, along with some of my own ideas that I came up with as I went along.

 
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Reader Mailbag: Friends

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What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.
1. GTD for stay-at-home moms
2. Loaning money to parents
3. Prepaying property taxes
4. Emergency fund or debt repayment
5. Starting a Roth IRA
6. Small business encouragement
7. Thinking ahead for college

 
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Younger, Letters

Pliny might have had some insight into why as many as 80% of business acquisitions turn sour. Despite the rather dismal track record, it appears U.S. companies are positioning for a great buyout spree. Reportedly over $3 billion in excess cash is sitting in corporate bank accounts. Having chosen not to grow by developing new products and adding new personnel, companies must acquire to build revenue and earnings.

 
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Volunteers Wanted For NPR Article About Taxes

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Here’s an e-mail I got yesterday from a reporter from National Public Radio, looking for some volunteers for a story that requires someone who is both willing to be open about their finances and who also keeps a close accounting of things.

 
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Federal Workers Benefits Now Approaching Parity with Wages in the Private Sector

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Please re-read that headline so you don't misread it by skimming.  We have reached the point where BENEFITS (not wages) for federal workers is fast approaching WAGES of the private worker.

 
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