by Jason Apollo Voss | 11 08 2009 | Blog
Good afternoon everyone, I have been talking about the difference between ephemeral economic growth vs. real economic growth for a while now. Real economic growth is closely approximated by productivity growth. So if we are looking for signs of an emergence from...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 10 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
I have been reading the business and economic news with interest over the last several weeks. Increasingly there are a lot of stories that contradict one another in the same newspaper and on the same day. This reporting regards the state of the economy and usually...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 08 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
This is the final edition of why investing in the stock market makes sense. ***** Liquidity Another advantage of investing in the stock market vs. other types of investments is liquidity. Even for thinly traded shares of stock, it usually only takes a day or two to...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 08 2009 | Blog
Since this is the 200th blog posting since I went live last October to address friends, family and associates’ concerns about the (then) impending recession, it almost seems obligatory to talk about the unemployment rate and unemployment. In the month of July...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
This is the third part of the “Investing in the Stock Market Makes Sense” series. How is it that publicly traded businesses can regularly grow their earnings at a pace significantly higher than that of GDP? After all, isn’t GDP the aggregate measure...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 08 2009 | Blog
That paragon of tremendous arrogance and horrible corporate “empire-culture,” AIG, reported its first profit in a year and a half yesterday. Gasp! If I sound bitter it’s because AIG was one of the worst investment mistakes of my life. Why? Because...
