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November 12, 2008  
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Barron's once wrote that asking the government to service a mortgage was a bit like leaving your car parked on the side of the Cross Bronx Expressway for servicing. That's how I feel about leaving family retirement savings in the U.S. financial markets. Does traditional portfolio theory apply when almost every stock and bond is dependent on US government contracts, purchases and manipulations and the derivative portfolios of five banks hold every price hostage? The time has come to revisit our most fundamental assumptions about finance and investment.
     
   
2008: Live in San Francisco, my new DVD, has arrived at a time of great uncertainty in financial markets. It is a live discussion of Positioning Your Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times ... and most would agree that these are uncertain times. You can watch a trailer here. You can get the DVD for 50% off when purchasing with the Positioning Your Assets audio seminar.
     
   
President-elect Obama and his transition team now have 77 days to assemble a staff and Cabinet, determine the chief policies and goals for their first term and year in office, rework the federal budget accordingly and begin to make 7,840 presidential appointments of which 1,177 will require Senate confirmation. The FBI does the background checks. Continue...
     
   
In late winter, I will join the ranks of published authors with my first book, The Washington-Wall Street Game: An Insider's Tour of How Dirty Money Rules Our Lives and What You Can Do About It. Stay tuned for more information.
     
   
     
   


I am now making regular appearances on a number of radio programs. You can listen to some of these interviews at the Flashpoints Radio archive:

Flashpoints.net - October 29, 2008 Archive

 
     


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Disclaimer:Nothing in this Solari Update should be taken as individual investment advice. Anyone seeking investment advice for his or her personal financial situation is advised to seek out a qualified advisor or advisors and provide as much information as possible to the advisor in order that such advisor can take into account all relevant circumstances, objectives, and risks before rendering an opinion as to the appropriate investment strategy.