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State of the Union: Don't Expect To Hear Anything That Makes Sense

Mike Hendren — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:59:26 +0000

Tonight's State of the Union address-more of the same

Stockmarket Madness Is Enough To Drive Us All Crazy

Mike Hendren — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:02:27 +0000

I don’t understand all aspects of the markets. I admit that. But even a couple of insiders and experts I’ve talked to recently are rubbing their heads and saying the same thing. This is all very, very confusing

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Default Avoided…For Now! So What's Going On With This Market?

Mike Hendren — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:47:57 +0000

I'm not a broker. I'm no financial guru. But I can read the writing on the wall. I try to see the forest beyond the trees. But I'm baffled, I must say. I thought all the urgency to raise the debt ceiling and avert a default (which is going to happen, sooner or later; sorry Timmy Geitner) was to stop this very thing from happening: wetting down what little confidence there was and bringing the market down again

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Oil Patch Looks Active, But Will Our Leadership Do What's Right?

Mike Hendren — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:33:13 +0000

I took a drive into Wilbarger County over the past weekend and what I saw was impressive. I saw acres of pump jacks working just as hard as they could. Obviously, oil at $95 per barrel is attractive enough to the producers to warrant running those pump jacks

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Tokyo Named World's Most Expensive City

NewsTalk 1290 — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:48:05 +0000

You may have to dig deep into your pockets to get to Tokyo.

You may have to dig even deeper to stay.

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Recent Poll Finds Americans Not Happy With The Obama Administration

NewsTalk 1290 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:22:13 +0000

Remember the American dream? Well, it might be a distant memory, if one survey is to be believed.

A new poll of 600 Americans found citizens are upset about several issues.

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Dollar Days Near An End? The IMF Thinks So

Mike Hendren — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:20:44 +0000

I write on these things because it is just as important to those of us in Texoma as it is to those in New York or Los Angeles or anywhere else. It will effect everything in your life. Warning: I'm going to give you a figurative slap across the face now

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Gas Prices: The (Not So) Final Nail in the Coffin?

Mike Hendren — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:25:33 +0000

You'd think we'd have learned something from the summer of 2008. I guess not. Here we go again. Oil flirting with $100 per barrel.

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