Lack of Growth Opportunities Remains THE Big Issue

by | 02 09 2011 | Blog

  Whew!  My wife Dawn and I have made the cross country trek from Santa Fe, New Mexico to New York City and I begin my new responsibilities as a Content Director at the CFA Institute on Tuesday.  And, more importantly, Verizon, sidelined by a workers strike, has...

A New Position for Jason Apollo Voss

by | 24 08 2011 | Blog

Good morning folks! I am pleased to announce this morning that I have accepted a position as a Content Director for the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFAI).  The CFAI is the organization that awards the famous Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation...

Smoke or Fog?

by | 23 08 2011 | Blog

  Since the beginning of July global stock markets have been self-immolating using the fires of fear.  A little bit of uncertainty and bad news was tinder for outright panic on many trading days.  In fact, since the 7 July, 2011 peak the S&P 500 has fallen...

A Recession Brought About by Fear Alone

by | 19 08 2011 | Blog

  This post will be brief.  I wanted to point out that the over all health of businesses, consumers and governments is all pretty healthy.  However, fear that these various economic groupings are not as healthy as believed is actually planting the seeds for a...

Update on the Mood of the Stock Market

by | 18 08 2011 | Blog

  Sorry to have been incognito for the last several days, but there just has not been much in the news worth commenting upon.  Additionally, I just have not sensed a change in the mood of the investment community’s collective consciousness. For...