Sorry for so many typos

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 16, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments Sorry for so many typos recently – I broke my finger Monday playing football and typing with a splint on is very tough. I vow to minimize these going forward.
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A more public Federal Reserve

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 15, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments Hello everyone, This post is in line with ye old economic recovery model of: for an end to the crisis to occur the institutions that got us here have to change, the people at those institutions have to change, and their ideas have to change. Specifically I wanted to highlight for each of you the fact that the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has vowed to make the proceedings of the...
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Consumer prices fall

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 15, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments The chief gauge of inflation in the economy, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), fell for the first time in 50 years in March. This is potentially frightening to a lot of economists as it is an indication of possible deflation in the economy. Why do economists prefer inflation, rising prices, to deflation, falling prices? The problem is that if deflation becomes rampant (i.e. predictable), then...
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After hours Intel results

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 15, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments Yesterday after the financial markets had closed, Intel announced its first quarter results. Intel is one of the technology sector’s bellwethers and the Company’s results deserve scrutiny. The firm reported that their net income, that is profits, fell 55% from the year before. Obviously this is not a good result. However, and most importantly they also reported that their results hit...
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Retail sales down for March

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 14, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments Today’s big news is that retail sales are down 1.1%. This is relative to the all-important expectations of economists of up 0.3%. The decline was broad-based and across many sectors. However, this is the first stab at the figures. They always are revised. In fact, lost in the shuffle of the news is that February, which was previously reported as being down 0.1%, was actually up 0.3%. So is...
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Lo Wells Fargo

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 9, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments Well sometimes you just have to smile. I posted a guide to the first quarter earnings season yesterday and I specifically mentioned financial firms, as well as the lack of pre-announcements. Enter:Wells Fargo. They have pre-announced this morning that they had a record first quarter in terms of profits. Said with modesty: “You don’t have to clap.” Heh, heh. Not surprisingly...
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A little financial analysis lesson

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Apr 8, 2009 in Best of the Blog, Blog | 4 comments Hello everyone! In this post I wanted to highlight for each of you one of the moments that always catches my attention as an investor. Namely, when a successful business decides to branch out into an entirely new field. Because this sort of thing is so common, it is important that we have some skills in evaluating these kinds of decisions. So here goes… As a case study we are going to use...
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