Economics and Investing:

US Bankruptcies Reach Nearly Five Year High, up 11 percent from a year ago ^[1].

Items from The Economatrix:

Some Stores Finding Deep Discounts Aren’t Enough ^[2]

Factories Aid Bumpy Recovery, Housing Still Weak ^[3]

Russian Grain Export Ban Starts

The Purpose Behind the Engineered Economic Collapse ^[4]

The Dallas Fed Reminds that the Economy is Doing Much Worse than in the Administration’s Worst Nightmare ^[5]

Another Threat to Economy: Boomers Cutting Back ^[6]