by Jason Apollo Voss | 08 07 2011 | Blog
Ah yes, the last 24 hours is one of those brief spans as an investor and a finance blog writer designed to make you look foolish. First we had good news on U.S. unemployment and now, today, we have bad news on U.S. unemployment. Yesterday ADP (the private...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 08 07 2011 | Blog
The late May and early June financial market sell off had many causes, but among the most important was the sputtering recovery in the U.S. jobs market. In fact, the data for about five weeks now has been mixed to down. Until now. Separate jobs figures this...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 07 2011 | Blog
You might have heard that the debt of the country of Portugal was lowered to “junk” status on 5 July, 2011 by Moody’s, one of the three major international debt ratings agencies. Now various European governmental officials are criticizing the...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 06 07 2011 | Blog
Because most companies are on a calendar year for financial reporting, their annual shareholder meetings and proxy statements are considered by their owners in the late spring to early summer. This annual meeting season has seen a rise in shareholder...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 07 2011 | Blog
Via e-mail a loyal reader of the blog asks a great series of questions that are an opportunity to address what’s going on in the financial markets right now. Hopefully he will forgive me for bringing his question into the public forum of the blog. ...