Oil Discomfort is Overblown

Stock market investors are very nervous about the Middle Eastern unrest predominately because of fears about disruptions to oil supplies.  The panicked opinion obsesses about the possibility for a double-dip recession.  Blah, blah, blah.   I consider this...

Mortgage Applications Strongly Up

Yesterday the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that its index of mortgage applications rose (a whopping) 16% for the week ending March 4, 2011.   Analysis: I have been saying for many months now that the supply and demand fundamentals of the housing market...

Ethics for Sale According to New Survey

Fuld and Company, a competitive-intelligence consultancy, released the results of a survey it conducted in the third quarter of 2010.  The survey was given to a number of executives spanning many different industries throughout the United States and was designed to...