Category Archives: MN Gordon

Safe Investment Losses

The Labor Department reported Friday that employers added 195,000 new jobs to their payrolls in June.  Nonetheless, the unemployment rate remained at 7.6 percent, as people entering the workforce subtracted out all job gains.  Still, markets were delighted. The DOW … Continue reading

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Programs to Control the Uncontrollable

Things are melting up – and melting down – the world over.  What’s more, summer’s only just begun.  While Americans were dreaming of block parties and beach bashes as they punched out for the Independence Day holiday Wednesday afternoon, Cairo … Continue reading

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Howl at the Moon

“Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Safety and Care Uncompromising independence, rugged individualism, and limitless personal freedom were once essential to the American character.  According to popular American folklore, … Continue reading

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Where the Big Lessons will be Learned

Reading the headlines of this week’s data reports tells the story of a strong, robust economy.  According to the Commerce Department announcement on Tuesday, single-family home “sales increased 2.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 476,000 units – … Continue reading

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