by Jason Apollo Voss | 11 09 2009 | Blog
One of the more interesting, yet subtle, indicators that I use to gauge the mood of the consumer is to check out the thickness of big advertiser heavy magazines. You know, mags like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, GQ, or Details. There are plenty of others, but these magazines...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 11 09 2009 | Blog
Happy Friday folks! The WSJ is reporting this morning that Chrysler is resuming the leasing of its cars. Recall that a year ago they stopped leasing vehicles amidst the mounting doom of the financial system meltdown and recession. The automaker just emerged from...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 09 09 2009 | Blog
The Federal Reserve reported yesterday that in July for the sixth consecutive month consumer debt declined. Specifically, debt, sans real estate loans, declined 10.4%. This large drop was a record. Clearly consumers are taking out fewer loans for automobiles, and...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 09 09 2009 | Blog
Good morning everyone! I hope Labor Day was relaxing and rejuvenating for each of you. The Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, made some noteworthy comments in Frankfurt regarding investment bank compensation. He said that anger about ridiculous and...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 09 2009 | Blog
For today’s post I wanted to excerpt a portion of a newsletter that my father in-law Steve, a financial advisor, receives. The following comes from “Leeb’s Market Forecast”: “It’s amazing that stocks have held up they way they have....
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 09 2009 | Blog
Wow! I go away for a week and the economic stats are rosier suddenly. Maybe I should go away more often. Today saw many retailers post encouraging results for the month of August. Same-store sales nationwide still declined 2.9%, but this compared to an analyst...
