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Bob reviews an article from Fortune which argues that the world's population will never double from its current six billion people, as the world's fertility rate falls in every corner of the globe. The economic consequences are dire...

"Dissecting the decline" in the October issue of US Financial Planning magazine, asks whether indices actually tell us how the overall US equity market is performing, and suggests a measure called the "share-weighted return" more accurately measures market pulse.

This is an absolute must read article. Bob reports on the presentation by Donald Ratajczak, former chairperson of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, on the outlook for the US economy, particularly the potential for a "double-dip" recession. Other issues addressed by Ratajczak; Is the bubble burst like Japan's? What about energy prices? Are stocks overpriced? Is deflation on the horizon?

In "After the bubble" in the September issue of US Financial Planning magazine, author Jeremy Siegel notes that stocks are worthy of higher than current valuations and that the equilibrium level of the S&P500 should be somewhere between 800 and 1000.