Posts for "Economics"


The Gen-Y Generation Gap is Not About Perceptions, But Money

From Brainware
March 14, 2010 at 11:10 am
The notion of generation gaps have a long history in American sociology.  The idea was actually polled as early as 1969 by Gallup and three-fourths of the public believed in ... (more)

Liquidity and Volatility

From SurlyTrader
March 11, 2010 at 10:25 pm
Equity volatility might seem to have little to do with the level or shape of interest rates, but after a bit of exploration we might be able to draw some solid ... (more)

Is the FDIC Solvent?

From SurlyTrader
March 10, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Sheila Bair has to be given credit, she is working with a whole mess of financial institution failures that would give anyone nightmares.  168 failed institutions ... (more)

Comparative Advantage: Why You’re Not A Plumber

From Weakonomics
March 10, 2010 at 11:01 am
My wife says I’m not very handy. I’m just as handy as the rest of the world. I have two hands. I just don’t know how to use them for much more than typing ... (more)

My Friend Milena

From Quiet the Thunder
March 9, 2010 at 5:44 pm
It may come as a surprise to many of my regular readers that I used to be a Michael Moore rally frequenting, door-to-door for MoveOn.org knocking, liberal arts and music school ... (more)

Testing the Rate Barrier

From SurlyTrader
March 8, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Every few months I draw the spotlight on long-term US interest rates as they approach a long held barrier.  Thirty year treasury yields have not been above ... (more)

[America] Preparing for a Long Decline - rufreakingkiddingme?!?

From Wealth...Uncomplicated
March 8, 2010 at 12:30 pm
The Simple Dollar is a personal finance blog that I read regularly, and its author, Trent is generally dead on with his advice to readers with respect to personal finance matters. ... (more)

Noteworthy News – March 8, 2010

From SurlyTrader
March 7, 2010 at 8:25 pm
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Putting the Unemployed to Work

From
March 3, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Do you know anyone that’s unemployed? I do. You probably do too. They collect checks from the government and their only responsibility is to continue to search for work.

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Why The Olympics Don’t Matter Anymore

From Weakonomics
March 1, 2010 at 11:41 am
As I watch the end of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, I can’t help but enjoy the competition. People from all over the world come together to compete for the chance to ... (more)

Noteworthy News – March 1, 2010

From SurlyTrader
February 28, 2010 at 10:59 pm
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Rotman Q3 Exams - Prefaced by Canada vs USA

From Amongst the Stars
February 28, 2010 at 4:20 pm
The Canada / US Men's Hockey is on the TV in the atrium and if you aren't watching it here, chances are you are probably watching it somewhere anyways.However, exam week for Q3 ... (more)

Mortgage Principal Paydowns Possible?

From SurlyTrader
February 26, 2010 at 6:38 pm
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The Fundamentals: How bad are they?

From SurlyTrader
February 24, 2010 at 10:05 pm
On a daily basis we all get confronted with a lot of data.  In that data resides many false signals and conflicting statistics.  Today, I would like to take a step back and ... (more)

Blame John F Kennedy For The Deficit

From Weakonomi¢s
February 24, 2010 at 11:40 am
Our budget deficit has crested $1.4 trillion, the national debt is over $12 trillion. Every citizen in this country owes over $40,000 in debt. Not that’s not credit card, ... (more)

Why Inflation Doesn’t Bother Me

From Weakonomics
February 22, 2010 at 11:36 am
A fellow blogger over at Free Money Finance recently posted a concern of his, and mine. Inflation could be just around the corner, and I don’t want all of my money wiped ... (more)

Effective Yield

From The Personal Finance Playbook
February 22, 2010 at 7:00 am
Every company is faced with a question of whether earnings should be returned to investors (who own the company) to be invested as they wish, or re-invested in the company by ... (more)

Noteworthy News – February 22, 2010

From
February 21, 2010 at 9:22 pm

Politics:
Ron Paul for President, says Conservative Political Action Conference poll – NY Daily News
Majority says stimulus program has been negative for economy –

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Econ 101: Why Some Grocery Stores Are More Expensive Than Others

From Quiet the Thunder
February 18, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Today I was at Trader Joe's and overheard a conversation that made me irritated and sad all at the same time. It was between a customer and an employee and went something like ... (more)

Has the Greece Turmoil Subsided?

From SurlyTrader
February 17, 2010 at 10:56 pm
It seems that the equity markets are shrugging off a rather tumultuous few weeks.  The consensus is that the Greece situation is under control and the crisis mode has been put ... (more)

Money and GDP Multipliers

From Amongst the Stars
February 17, 2010 at 12:30 pm
I love geometric series. It describes so many natural phenomena especially as it relates to finance and economics. For example:GDP mutiplier and Marginal Propensity to Consume ... (more)

Integrative Thinking: Dutch Auction - Tender Offer

From Amongst the Stars
February 16, 2010 at 1:20 pm
What an interesting concept. We had briefly touched the idea of Dutch Auctions in microeconomics way back in Q1 which is a bidding strategy whose mechanics are based in the math ... (more)

Positioning for Deflation or Inflation?

From
February 15, 2010 at 9:33 pm

Economics is a very inexact science.  We can all feel the relief from asset prices that are 50% above the 2009 lows, but the uncertainty lingers like a thick and unforgiving

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When Will Interest Rates Go Up Again?

From Weakonomics
February 15, 2010 at 11:27 am
The Federal Reserve will currently loan to banks for the low low rate or 0.25%. This is known as the Federal Funds Rate and the Fed decides what this rate will be based on the ... (more)

Noteworthy News – February 15, 2010

From SurlyTrader
February 14, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Politics: CIT TARP wipeout is official:  The US Treasury loses its entire $2.33 billion TARP investment in CIT Group — the largest TARP loss to date - MSN Money L.A. budget ... (more)