In the biggest stock sale of his life, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson didn’t pay one dollar of capital gains tax.
March 4th, 2010 | Ian Mathias | 0 comments | ContinuedArchive for Ian Mathias
Ian Mathias is the managing editor of the 5 Min. Forecast and Agora Financial's public relations/media coordinator. In the short time Ian has been working for Agora Financial, his writings have been syndicated in several respected media outlets, including Forbes.com, the Associated Press, Yahoo! and MSN Money.
Gold Flourishes but Silver is the Real Precious Metal Story of Late
“In general,” says energy and oil expert Byron King, “the precious metals are up because the big-spending politicians in Washington have no respect for the US dollar. Break out the black crepe and armbands of mourning for the US dollar.
June 2nd, 2009 | Ian Mathias | 0 comments | Continued
GM Insolvency Can’t be Run-of-the-mill
GM is owned by wealthy politicians in Washington who, under threat of imprisonment, forced their constituents to finance the deal. Insinuating the public has any control is “Orwellian in the extreme” Addison suggested when we discussed the matter late Friday. Amen.
June 2nd, 2009 | Ian Mathias | 0 comments | Continued
Eurozone Drops GDP Bombs
The eurozone unveiled some nasty economic news early this morning. For starters, Germany dropped its first-quarter 2009 GDP number…
May 18th, 2009 | Ian Mathias | 0 comments | Continued
Dubya’s New Plan to Balance the U.S. Budget
Last week, for no particular reason, I did something I knew would make me cringe. President Bush addressed the United States public after his first cabinet meeting of 2007 and I watched every minute. Regardless of your political stance, it’s hard to disagree that the typical Bush press conference involves some sort of tongue twisting episode [...]
January 12th, 2007 | Ian Mathias | 7 comments | Continued