Market Overview  Vanguard Rising: Occupy Wall Street, the 2012
Elections, and the Specter of Post-Marxism  Sometimes bread
tastes better than freedom. One has to wonder how much freedom a
starving individual would be willing to give up in order to
survive. This is something to keep in mind going into the next
year as we make our way through the global financial crisis. And
as we approach the beginning of 2012, the political and economic
future of the world appears uncertain.  Various factions in the
nation are competing for attention, support, and power in the
wake of an ominous global economy. Far from being a year of
recovery, 2012 may very well be a year for the US and the rest
of the world to re-evaluate the global status quo. To say the
least, we may want to buckle up our seat belts going into 2012.
I. The Protester  Time Magazine recently named "the Protester"
as 2011's Person of the Year. In light of the Arab Spring and
the Occupy movement, global protests will probably change the
socio-cultural and p