by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 08 2009 | Blog
After the financial markets closed on Wednesday Cisco reported its fiscal fourth quarter results. While revenues and profits were down, the results were better than expected. What’s more, their CEO, John Chambers said there were signs in the quarter that the...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 08 2009 | Blog
One of the signs we have been waiting for as a sign of improvement in gross domestic product (GDP), a turn around in car sales, is happening. You may have heard yesterday that Ford disclosed that its sales for July were up compared to last year’s sales. This is...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 31 07 2009 | Blog
Hello everyone, So 2nd quarter GDP figures came out today and were better than expected. GDP declined 1% vs. an expected 1.5% decline. This result is not to surprising, really. For much of the 2nd quarter consumers were upbeat and that usually translates into upticks...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 07 2009 | Blog
OK, so the heart of the 2nd quarter earnings season is past us now. The truly important companies, in terms of gauging a recovery, have reported: technology, banking and autos. The results were better than economists and analysts had expected. The stock market has...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 07 2009 | Blog
Home prices from April to May rose 0.5% according to the Case-Shiller Index. This index tracks home prices in 20 markets considered to give a good cross-section of home prices. While not an amazing increase, it was the first time since July 2006 that the prices...
