26 Jul 2013

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It's time for another edition of the Beacon Weekend Reader.  We hope you enjoy our latest installment of interesting articles and videos designed to keep you informed and engaged in the areas of economics, personal finance and life. Please send us your thoughts on this week's articles and suggestions for future posts.  Have a great weekend!

20 Jul 2013

Posted at 12:25h in Blogs by
Welcome to the Beacon Weekend Reader: A weekly compilation of interesting articles and videos designed to keep you informed and engaged in economics, personal finance and life. We hope you enjoy this week's edition. Please send us your thoughts on this week's articles and suggestions for future posts.

31 May 2013

Posted at 15:42h in Blogs by
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30 May 2002

Posted at 15:30h in The Friday Brief by
In answer to the pleas of the citizens of Atlanta trying to save their city from destruction by fire, General Tecumseh Sherman wrote his infamous response “war is hell.”  As May draws to a close, it is war that worries equity markets.  Continued improvement of the economy has been insufficient to lift stock prices.  The declining dollar, Israeli-Palestinian tensions, and looming war between nuclear powers, India and Pakistan continue to suppress equity values.  It seems like that old malaise is back.