European Central Bank Raises Interest Rates

Europe’s Central Bank – the equivalent of the U.S. Federal Reserve – announced that it was raising interest rates from 1.0% to 1.25%.  This is the first rise in interest rates by the ECB since July 2008.   Analysis: For me, this is a very clear...

Apple’s Monopolistic Behavior

I just bought a brand new iPod Classic 160GB because I had completely filled up my old 80GB one with music.  I am a big fan of the iPod because I am a big fan of having my immodest music collection with me wherever I may be.   So I plugged my new iPod into my...

What About Gold Right NOW?

Loyal blog reader, Clint, asked a question yesterday about my 2011 Prediction for gold prices that I feel needs to be brought into the larger forum of the blog itself.  Here is what Clint asked:   “Hello Jason I have a question about your gold prediction....