In Deficit Dilemma, Pain Looms for Middle Class

The national deficit is too great for entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare to escape unharmed. That means an impact is looming on many Middle Class Americans who may not be expecting it. WSJ’s Neil Hickey reports. July 12, 2011

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14 of the Dumbest Identity Thieves

With today's technology, crime can sometimes be complicated. Forget the old ?club-a-guy-over-the-head-for-his-wallet? crime. Assuming you steal a guy's I.D., your greatest weapon against him will probably be a computer. Here are 15... Read more

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3 Stocks With Rising Dividends and Impressive Dividend Trends Targeted by Institutions

Kapitall submits:

If you are considering sources of dividend income, there are several important considerations to keep in mind. The company?s payout ratio (dividend per share/earnings per share) should be sustainably low, while cash flow should be healthy enough to continue paying the dividend. The dividend yield should be sustainably low as well.

We ran a screen on dividend stocks for those that have seen rising dividends per share while also seeing decreases in the payout ratio. Only dividend yields below 7% and payout ratios below 35% were included.

We also screened for increases in operating cash flow/revenue, comparing the trailing-twelve-month ratio to the three-year average. Finally, we screened for those stocks that have also been seeing significant net institutional buying over the current quarter.

Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research.

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Sean Egan on Credit Constraints

Insight on the credit situations in Europe and the U.S., with Sean Egan, Egan-Jones Ratings Company and Alison Deans, former Neuberger Berman CIO Monday, 18 July 2011 8:22 AM ET

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Blog Post: G�nate una Tablet o un Kinect en Campus Party M�xico

 

�Quieres ganarte una Tablet/Slate o un Kinect en Campus Party M�xico 2011? Los requisitos son los siguientes:

1. Debes tener descargadas e instaladas las siguientes herramientas en tu PC:

WebMatrix: http://bit.ly/WebMatrixMX
AzureSDK: http://bit.ly/AzureMx
WindowsPhoneSDK: http://bit.ly/WP7Mx

2. Busca o contacta por Twitter a un Microsoft Student Partner en el �rea de Desarrollo de Software justo enfrente del logo de Microsoft (en la barra de conexiones) ? Ellos revisaran tu laptop con las herramientas, te dar�n un regalo y te registraran para la rifa de una Tablet y un Kinect.

@luiciomsp @johnnywalker90 @alainstephan @veritoaidee @paoossiniii @lauriutz @anagelmenam

3. El d�a Viernes a las 12:00 PM en el �rea de Desarrollo de Software, daremos a conocer a los ganadores.

�Mucha Suerte!

Los Premios:

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Blog Post: Free Silverlight: HTML 5

If you are doing Silverlight you are likely thinking about HTML 5, here is a great introduction from Dan Wahlin!

http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2011/05/06/getting-started-with-the-html-5-canvas.aspx

Lot?s of code that work and a great way to show off your skills as a programmer.

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Market Capitalization (NYSE + Nasdaq) as %GDP

I always find these charts instructive in terms of where we are over the longer cycle in terms of valuation relative to economic activity of the US. The two biggest changes post-1996 has been the increasing US exposure to overseas growth, and rates that started low went to ultra low. > Market Capitalization as % [...]

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Viral Video: Apple Fan Girl (Who Runs the World) Beyonc�

This is a spoof from Electric Spoofaloo of Beyonc�'s "Girls (Who Rule The World)" mashed up with Apple's retail stores.

Okay, it's Friday.

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7 Mortgage REITs That Yield Over 10%

Zvi Bar submits:

Investors seeking higher yielding income equities often consider or hold mortgage REITs. This is a review of the dividend payouts of the seven largest high-yield mREITs that I have found to be relatively liquid. I have charted and included the dividends paid within the last eight quarters, or since the recent general bottom in the market. I have also included their present yields and 2011-to-date performance.

These seven mREITS all yield between 10% and 20% percent annually, or somewhere between 2.5x to 4.5 times the yield of a 30-year U.S. Treasury. Several of the mREITs also only hold U.S. backed mortgages (with leverage), which carry an implied agency backing. Others hold higher risk paper, with lesser to no backing and far greater yields. By hook or crook, these mREITs currently offer income at a level above many layers of junk-rated bonds.

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1. American Capital

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Financing Options: Convertible Debt

MBA Mondays are back after a one week hiatus. Today we are going to talk about convertible debt. Convertible debt can also be called convertible loans or convertible notes. For the purposes of this post, these three terms will be...

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I?m So Mad at Big Government

Politico’s M. Wuerker captures this fellow beautifully: >

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Thaler: How to Convert Your Social Security Payments into an Inflation-Adjusted Annuity

Professor Richard Thaler offers up some very practical advice for future social security recipients: There is a simple, easy way to convert a portion of your wealth into a fairly priced, inflation-adjusted annuity. Simply delay when you start receiving Social Security benefits. Participants are first eligible to start claiming benefits at age 62. For those [...]

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Saving Valentina

Michael Fishbach narrates his encounter with a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net. Gershon Cohen and he have founded The Great Whale Conservancy to help and protect whales.

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Weekend Favs July Nine

Weekend Favs July Nine

This content from: Duct Tape Marketing

Weekend Favs July NineThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing My weekend blog post routine includes posting links to a handful of tools or great content I ran across during the week. I don’t go into depth about the finds, but encourage you check them out if they sound interesting. The photo in the post is [...]

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Changes in Sovereign Debt Default Risk Over the Last Month

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:

European countries have had their fair share of problems recently, and it shows in their 5-year CDS (credit default swap) prices. Below is a table showing the one-month change in default risk (5-year CDS) for nearly 60 countries. (G-7 countries are highlighted in yellow, although we do not have pricing info for Canada). As shown, 12 European countries top the list in terms of increases in default risk over the last month. Denmark default risk has spiked the most at 67%, followed by Italy (59%), the Netherlands (41%), Norway

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Eight Banks Fail European Stress Tests

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I?m So Mad at Big Government

Politico’s M. Wuerker captures this fellow beautifully: >

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DataQuick: Bay Area Home Sales "Surge" in June

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Viral Video: Apple Fan Girl (Who Runs the World) Beyonc�

This is a spoof from Electric Spoofaloo of Beyonc�'s "Girls (Who Rule The World)" mashed up with Apple's retail stores.

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David Rosenberg: The Disappearing Recovery

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