by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 01 2011 | Blog
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that U.S. auto sales were up 11% in December. Analysis: This is, again, an important economic figure. The reason is that it shows that U.S. consumers are feeling better about their long-term financial situation and to a...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 01 2011 | Blog
This morning payroll processing firm of massive proportion, Automatic Data Processing, reported that its estimate of December job creation in the United States was 297,000. The expected gain by a gang of economists was 100,000. Analysis: Clearly this is a very, very...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 01 2011 | Blog
Thomson-Reuters data shows that merger and acquisition activity rose to $2.4 trillion in 2010. This marks a 23.1% rise over 2009. Analysis: During the height of the Great Recession (March ’09) I pointed to the rise in merger activity as a sign that important...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 01 2011 | News & Events
On 12 January, 2011 at 10am MST, 12 noon EST, I will be interviewed LIVE by The Copernicus Institute’s Steve Saenz. You can tune into the interview by clicking on the following link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/copernicus-institute. A replay will be available...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 01 2011 | Blog
Yesterday was party day across the world’s equity markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was up 0.8%, the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock Index was up 1.1%, the NASDAQ Composite was up 1.5%, the German stock market was up 1.1%, the French stock...
