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Nate Silver describes his outlook on the 2016 US presidential election. Who will run? When will Hillary Clinton decide? From the session "Why Are You the One Who Got the Election Right?" at the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival. Watch the entire conversation at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lars7xXBMMs Columnist, statistician, and prognosticator Nate Silver, whose website FiveThirtyEight.com is the only one to have correctly predicted the outcomes of the 2012 and 2008 elections,...

www.FinancialSurvivalNetwork.com presents Charles Hugh Smith and I discussed the increasing knowledge gap in America. If you aren't in a position to make connecitons and network with people who can help you get ahead, then you must increase you skill set. In previous eras you could only acquire those skills in college. Now, however, you can find them on the internet in numerous places. In fact, a college degree could be completely worthless, whereas an online course could be your ticket to...

PEAK JOBS 23 Minutes, 25 Slides Gordon T Long and Charles Hugh Smith raise and debate seven key notions, that along with unsound money, are central to the understanding of the structural economic problems facing the globe today. The world is being brutally impacted by a slowing rate of growth in jobs and is now showing the attributes of it being a peak. Innovation advances today are dominantly technology centric, which are normally significant productivity improvements. This is feeding...

The other Dow record: Dividends The Dow has been marching to new all-time highs for a week, and dividends for these bluest of blue chips are hot on the heels of a new record too. http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~3/GEmuyInRUsE/index.html S&P's (Meaningless) Milestone Just days after this bull market's fourth birthday, the S&P 500 is mere basis points from its all-time high of 1565.15. http://www.forbes.com/sites/larahoffmans/2013/03/11/sps-meaningless-milestone/ Stocks Put Another...

Stock index futures signal lower Wall Street open Stock index futures pointed to a slightly weaker open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.1 to 0.2 percent. ICSC/Goldman Sachs release chain ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/SIG=14kbdu11j/*http%3A//us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/SIG=12hqvcjst/*http%3A//finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-index-futures-signal-lower-090509437.html?l=1 Stocks creep up; Dow rises...

Stocks creep up; Dow rises for seventh day running NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market crept higher Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its seventh straight day of gains. http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-creep-dow-rises-seventh-day-running-203317278--finance.html Stocks slip early Monday after record week NEW YORK (AP) — Coming off a record week, the stock market is drifting lower in light trading Monday....

S&P's (Meaningless) Milestone Just days after this bull market's fourth birthday, the S&P 500 is mere basis points from its all-time high of 1565.15. http://www.forbes.com/sites/larahoffmans/2013/03/11/sps-meaningless-milestone/ Stocks Put Another One In The Win Column, Apple Joins The Party Wall Street's rally kept rolling Monday, after a choppy morning gave way to gains nearly across the board. The modest advance saw the Dow building on record highs and the S&P 500 within 10 points of its...

Stocks Put Another One In The Win Column, Apple Joins The Party Wall Street's rally kept rolling Monday, after a choppy morning gave way to gains nearly across the board. The modest advance saw the Dow building on record highs and the S&P 500 within 10 points of its best close of all time. http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/03/11/stocks-put-another-one-in-the-win-column-apple-joins-the-party/ Stocks back off record highs Investors are hitting the pause button after last week's...

Stocks Put Another One In The Win Column, Apple Joins The Party Wall Street's rally kept rolling Monday, after a choppy morning gave way to gains nearly across the board. The modest advance saw the Dow building on record highs and the S&P 500 within 10 points of its best close of all time. http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2013/03/11/stocks-put-another-one-in-the-win-column-apple-joins-the-party/ Why this Historic Bull Market Has Precious Little Street Cred The four-year stock rally...