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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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. ... (
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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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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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, ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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