Tag Archives: collapse
2012: Predictions, Prognostications, and Prophecies
Before we turn the page to 2012 we must take a look back at the year that just passed so we can extract context for the year to come. Looking at where the stock market began and ended in 2011, … Continue reading
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
By all accounts the sky was falling on December 5, 2008. Several months before, credit market liquidity had glazed over like cold winter molasses and, after over 150-years of business, Lehman Brothers had ignominiously vanished from the face of the … Continue reading
Teach a Man to Fish
Food is one of life’s vital essentials. Procuring enough food to meet one’s daily needs is a rudimentary survival requirement. So, too, people’s ability to sustain themselves is essential to a functioning economy. Hunger, for sure, is a great motivator. … Continue reading
In Graphs We Trust
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can’t seem to catch a break. Wherever he turns someone is there to knock his job performance. Senators, Presidential candidates, lowly editorial writers…they’ve all lined up and cast their stones. But why? Hasn’t Bernanke done … Continue reading
