by Jason Apollo Voss | 17 03 2010 | Blog
Right now as an investor I am nervous about being nervous. What makes me nervous is that huge drop in Consumer Confidence in February. I am also nervous that the “positive” economic data that keeps coming is barely positive. In other words, it looks and...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 17 03 2010 | Blog
Late last night the Federal Reserve announced that it was going to be ending one of its primary recessionary supports of the U.S. economy: the purchasing of Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS). More importantly, the Fed said that it was planning to end the program...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 14 03 2010 | Blog
Happy Sunday to each of you! On Thursday U.S. President Barack Obama gave a speech to the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Specifically he talked about a plan entitled, “National Export Initiative.” In short, its primary goal is to double U.S. exports by 2015. ...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 12 03 2010 | Blog
Today the business news outlets are running wild with a report by a U.S. bankruptcy court examiner that lambasts Lehman Brothers. The report holds Lehman Brothers, its executives and its auditor Ernst & Young responsible for the firm’s collapse. Most...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 12 03 2010 | Blog
This morning U.S. retail sales figures for the month of February were published by the Commerce Department. The data show that sales were up 0.3% vs. an expected decline of 0.3%. Interestingly, January’s retail sales figures, originally reported as being up...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 11 03 2010 | Blog
Christopher Dodd, a Senate Democrat from Connecticut and chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is set to introduce the Senate version of a financial overhaul bill passed in the House of Representatives in December. Dating back to some of the original postings I...
