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http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/news/110704_DiRupo2 On the tax front the formateur did have bad news for the owners of shares and other financial instruments proposing increased taxation on share dividends, capital gains and speculation. Doesnt goes into the specifics though...

Well at least no mention on taxing physical gold yet...:p

Yeah but seriously, taxing capital gains 50% + the stock taxes that were already in place (granted they were small) + Europe implementing stock market taxes... One would start to believe getting a job off the books at 10 Euro's an hour will be more lucrative then trying to invest. + The...

Some news for the Euro core zone. I live in Belgium as some of you might know and we have been without a government for well over a year now. Anyway, in the newest proposal from one of the two winning parties to come together they plan to tax stock market gains 50% for when you sell in the...

I was thinking how unfair in reality it is to compare say gold or real estate performance to stock performance over a longer period in time. Very few individual investors buy the index, was it even possible say 20 years ago to buy the index, and despite succes stories being not impossible...

Martin, if I may ask you a question... If one was to say German banks are among the highest leveraged and by that vulnerable in the Euro zone how would you feel about such a statement? Much appreciated.

I own COS.UN and it's been an absolute nightmare...:p

TSA Pats Down Cancer-Stricken 95-Year-Old Woman, Removes Adult Diaper While passing through security, TSA officials "felt something suspicious and they couldn't determine what it was," so they took Weber's mother to a private room. A TSA agent told Weber that her mother's Depends...

Apparantly this is Eurostock 50's worst run in 15 years. Some kind of relief rally should be upon us in the following weeks in which I expect stocks to do relatively well, CHF retreat and the AUD breaking the 1.30 level with the Euro. Not so sure about the metals. Maybe some money will...

Should silver fall to around the 25$ level i'd say it would be a very nice entry point. That would be a 50% retreat and sure it could go lower but from a longer term perspective I would argue chances are reasonable you would come out on top for all the obvious reasons.

Draghi will fix it...:p

Euro CHF broke the 1.20 level. A few more bad days on the stockmarket and we are at 1.10 or so. Remember when it was at 1.40 and the SNB was crying and Zero hedge kept reporting everyday on how they would step in. :D

I'm guessing holograph technology will be a multi billion USD industry replacing the porn industry creating a totally realistic sex experience with an object of choice but I take it they are not quite there just yet. You turn on the machine or put on your helmet and you can have sex with a...

How is it possible? You get up at 5 work untill 3, work from 4 untill 11 and get up at 6 again? How can you have a family? When do you eat? Or is it more like you have one real full time job and the other one is more relaxed like selling on ebay or at least less hours? I just can't...

I always wondered.... Americans have far less vacation then Europeans, yet the US economy relies very heavy on internal consumption. How can people consume when they always work?

How bout those short ETF's? Doesnt that lowers the risk?

Words of Wisdom. There are 17000 swimming pools in Athens and 300 reported for taxes. Trying to fix this because the ECB and Eurozone demand it is just as hopeless and questionable then say bringing democracy to Iraq but let's face it this won't stop anyone from trying anyway. And all...

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/620185/shame_of_america%3A_desperate_man_robs_store_for_one_dollar_in_order_to_go_to_jail_to_get_health_coverage/ James Verone, a laid-off employee of Coca Cola, recently noticed a protrusion in his chest and had developed arthritis and carpal...

Everybody on forums like this and blogs all over the globe are full of articles and discussion over our current situation, where it went wrong, what should be done next.... It's like this massive chunk of barely trackable analysis and i figured it would be interesting to read if there is one...

Chomsky is good on politics but should stay out of economics. I don't get it why people step away from their speciality. It must be vanity.