Posts for "Economy"


Broke People Stock of the Week

From Finance Your Life
September 1, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Welcome to a new weekly segment at Finance Your Life and our first segment where we feature an outside contributor!  Every Wednesday (I know today is Thursday I am trying to build ... (more)

Manufacturing Jobs in 60 Year Decline; Middle Class Going Along for the Ride?

From Steadfast Finances
August 31, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Some people say middle class America is alive and as healthy as ever… Pfft! As the chart clearly shows, 60 plus years of declining manufacturing sector jobs say otherwise. ... (more)

Financial Surveys & Statistics

From Broke Wall Streeter
August 27, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week. 18% – The percentage of American homeowners who now think the value of their home is likely ... (more)

Four Thing I Learned From My Yearly Social Security Statement

From Own The Dollar
August 27, 2010 at 8:00 am
Here is a little secret nugget into the life of Hank Coleman. I was born in November. So, what does that mean? It is three months before my birthday, and I have received my yearly ... (more)

Radio Fodder for Thought: Finding a job in this economy

From Fabulously Broke ....in the City
August 27, 2010 at 5:00 am
A woman called into the radio the other day, and made me think about her situation for pretty much the rest of the day because of all the different perspectives ... (more)

Is there a Bubble in Bonds?

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
August 24, 2010 at 8:00 am
“Individual investors are fed up with the stock market,” writes TechTicker. “Burnt by 10 years of negative returns, two crashes, and a current economy mired ... (more)

Financial Surveys & Statistics

From Broke Wall Streeter
August 20, 2010 at 10:32 am
Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week. $210 Million – The amount venture capital firm Elevation Partners has invested in Facebook ... (more)

Google Insight Search Trends: U.S. Population’s Confidence & Pessimism

From Steadfast Finances
August 20, 2010 at 9:47 am
I’m a subscriber to the thesis that one can gauge how a population is thinking, and what they may or may not do, by using Google Trends or Google Insights for Search. The ... (more)

Sovereign Debt Restructuring and The Keynesian Endpoint?

From Steadfast Finances
August 18, 2010 at 2:22 pm
If you don’t know hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, you should. He correctly called the real estate bubble, the obfuscated delusion that housing prices could never go down in ... (more)

China’s GDP News

From Notes on Credit Spreads» Notes on Credit Spreads | Discussing the Fundamental Price of Money.
August 16, 2010 at 11:58 pm
A few comments on the news today regarding China. What appears common from all news sources is that by 2029/2030, China could eclipse the US as the world’s largest economy. ... (more)

Spooky Similarities Between 1930 & 2010 Stock Market

From Steadfast Finances
August 16, 2010 at 9:22 am
Spooky similarities between The Great Depression stock market crash and the current path of The Great Recession stock market crash. Will we continue on the path that led the correction ... (more)

The Economic Dangers When Banks Can’t Collect

From Steadfast Finances
August 15, 2010 at 11:33 am
Fantastic real estate and banking article in The New York Times today entitled Borrowers Refuse to Pay Billions in Home Equity Loans regarding the fallout of America’s popped ... (more)

Financial Surveys & Statistics

From Broke Wall Streeter
August 13, 2010 at 10:05 am
Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week. 35% – The percentage of Americans who think that the U.S. economy will be stronger in a ... (more)

New Forum at 20s Money

From Finance Your Life
August 11, 2010 at 10:00 pm
Kevin over at 20s Money recently has introduced to the 20s Money Discussion Forum: A discussion for the young and ambitious!  Well it’s a good thing he came up with this ... (more)

Who’s Going to Cash Out the Baby Boomers?

From Steadfast Finances
August 11, 2010 at 2:08 pm
There is a thought provoking post from David Rosenberg posted at The Business Insider this morning regarding the 2008 to 20?? Great Recession resembling the 1930s ... (more)

Education Equals Debt. But Not a Job.

From DINKS Finance
August 10, 2010 at 7:22 am
As DINKS some of us may have college or university degrees and therefore some of us may have student debts. However, a college education does not always lead to a career, especially ... (more)

B2B Opportunities in a Recession: For Better or For Worse?

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
August 9, 2010 at 9:00 am
This is one of the most confusing times in history for entrepreneurs.  Many people believe that during an economic crisis is the worst time to start a business.  The people who ... (more)

Financial Surveys & Statistics

From Broke Wall Streeter
August 6, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week. 45% – Americans remain more likely to say immigration should be decreased (45%) rather ... (more)

Guest Post: 5 Essential Tips For Young Investors

From Small Hands, Big Ideas
August 5, 2010 at 11:00 am
Note: I like to mix it up here with practical financial and career ideas and advice, so when Dorothy Anderson approached me about ideas for investing, I thought it was a great ... (more)

Should We Be ‘Hoping’ for Deflation?

From Steadfast Finances
August 4, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Now that we live in a world where inflation (e.g. your dollar buys less; prices always rising) is as omnipresent as gravity, is it really that surprising that ... (more)

Tax Cuts - What are We Missing?

From Notes on Credit Spreads» Notes on Credit Spreads | Discussing the Fundamental Price of Money.
August 3, 2010 at 10:19 pm
I’m still blown away by Arthur Laffer and others espousing the benefits of tax cuts.  Here is discussing the benefits of the Reagan tax cuts, courtesy of the Wall St Journal: “In ... (more)

Excess Reserves, Taylor Rule, and the Fed

From Notes on Credit Spreads» Notes on Credit Spreads | Discussing the Fundamental Price of Money.
August 1, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Right now, required reserves at the Federal Reserve stand at ~$64 billion Excess reserves stand at slightly over $1 trillion, roughly equal to 7% of average GDP over the 2007-2009 In ... (more)

Youth, Entrepreneurship and Economic Renewal

From Young Entrepreneur - Small Business & Entrepreneur Community » Blog
July 29, 2010 at 8:00 am
An excerpt from Young World Rising: How Youth, Technology and Entrepreneurship are Changing the World from the Bottom Up by Rob Salkowitz, published by John Wiley and Sons, reprinted ... (more)

Financial Surveys & Statistics

From Broke Wall Streeter
July 23, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week. 14 – The number of hours the average college student at a four-year college spends studying ... (more)

The Ghosts of Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes

From The Sizemore Investment Letter
July 23, 2010 at 8:00 am
I originally penned this article for the August 2007 issue of the HS Dent Forecast–nearly three years ago.  My comments on deflation and consumer spending turned out to ... (more)