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Americans Buy a Lot of Junk, Junking the U.S.
This morning’s Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article entitled, “Americans Buy More Stuff They Don’t Need.” Of course this comes as no shock to anyone. But what was interesting about the story is the quantification of just how much junk your average U.S. citizen buys. Specifically, the WSJ estimates that Americans Buy $1.2 trillion worth of junk each year. This junk includes things like: alcohol, boats, candy, gambling and jewelry. All together this stuff amounts to 11.2% of total consumer spending. ...
read more23 April 2011: Video Interview with TheStreet.com’s Gregg Greenberg
Here is a link to the video interview with TheStreet.com’s Gregg Greenberg that aired 19 April, 2011. The subjects discussed include: gold, China and the U.S. economy. Thanks, as always, to Gregg Greenberg and TheStreet.com – your support is unequaled!
read more22 April 2011: Interview with TheStreet.com’s Gregg Greenberg
Here is a link to my interview with TheStreet.com’s excellent reporter, Gregg Greenberg. This is my second podcast interview with Gregg, and again the subject is The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth. JasonApolloVoss’s Interview with TheStreet.Com’s Gregg Greenberg talking about The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth. Thanks to both Gregg and TheStreet.com – your continued support is appreciated!
read moreGoogle is Guilty of Apple’s Hubris, Too
Yesterday I wrote about Apple’s increasing bold hubris and unethical behavior. The evidence was that they use all of their wireless devices to track and record your whereabouts. That information is then sent to Apple for them to do with what they want. My source was the New York Times. This morning the Wall Street Journal is reporting that it isn’t just Apple that is guilty of the erasing of privacy boundaries, Google does exactly the same thing with its Android phones. This is one of my constant criticisms of capitalism: the...
read moreApple iPhone and iPad Track Where You Are
This morning the New York Times is reporting that Apple tracks and logs onto both your iPhone and iPad your physical location. Two computer programmers reported the findings of their research at a San Francisco technology conference. Clearly this is further evidence of Apple’s growing hubris as a dominant technology firm. Most galling to me is that the tracking software was added to these devices with Apple’s recent round of new software upgrades. The way these upgrades are presented is as if they are of benefit to the...
read moreMarket Selloff Over Done
Yesterday the major stock market indices were each down over 1%. I feel that the market sell off was over done. Ostensibly the decline was because Standard & Poor’s cut the credit rating outlook of the United States government to negative. This is the credit ratings agency equivalent of a warning of an imminent downgrade. The reason I feel that the sell off was over done is not because I feel that the United States federal government budgetary crisis is not a serious issue. No, I feel that the reason the sell off was over done...
read more18 April 2011: AskMen.com Access Intuition For Smarter Investing Article
I am pleased to announce that an article that I wrote for AskMen.com entitled, Access Intuition For Smarter Investing, has been published. Thanks to AskMen and its readership! I feel privileged to be included in this rapidly growing community. Jason
read moreEvidence of Banks Manipulating Important Interest Rate
LIBOR, or the London Inter-Bank Offering Rate, is one of the world’s benchmark interest rates. It is used in many banking transactions around the world to establish the interest rate to be paid, especially for institutional banks. In fact, it helps determine interest rates for approximately $10 trillion (!) of loans and, get ready for it, $350 trillion worth of derivatives contracts (!!!). Currently the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether or not large commercial banks,...
read moreOfficial Chinese Inflation Has to Be Understated
Chinese official inflation statistics released yesterday show that overall consumer prices were up 5.4%. This is the highest level since July 2008. Analysis: I have been saying for quite some time that China is in the midst of a massive asset bubble – comparable to the one experienced by the First World in 2008-2009. I have also long stated that the Chinese government manipulates its statistics to show favorable results. The manipulation is obvious as reports on the ground conflict strongly with what the communist authorities relay...
read moreWall Street and the Financial Crisis-19 Recommendations for Change
Yesterday I quoted the preamble to the Senate Subcommittee on Investigation’s Wall Street and the Financial Crisis and promised that I would review each of the 19 Recommendations for Change contained in that document. Here are each of the proposed measures and my opinion about them… LENDERS 1. Ensure “qualified mortgages” are low risk. Federal regulators should use their authority to ensure all mortgages deemed to be qualified residential mortgages have a low risk of delinquency or default. Commentary: This...
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