by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
OK, by now it’s a broken record: Jason sees signs of recovery. Sorry. Some of these numbers need watchin’ and well, due to a horrible chemical accident I don’t have eyelids, so I can’t help but watch. Hah! What the heck is the PMI? PMI is short...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 06 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
Part 2 in a series. So the first reason why investing in the stock market makes sense is that businesses, in the aggregate, ought to keep pace with the growth in Gross Domestic Product. There are many ways as an investor to capture the growth in wealth generated by...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 08 2009 | Best of the Blog, Blog
I want to talk to everyone about a general theory of why investing in the stock market makes sense. The usual arguments are that stocks have outperformed every asset class since the onset of the Great Depression in 1929. But that’s not a logical reason. That is...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 05 08 2009 | Blog
After the financial markets closed on Wednesday Cisco reported its fiscal fourth quarter results. While revenues and profits were down, the results were better than expected. What’s more, their CEO, John Chambers said there were signs in the quarter that the...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 08 2009 | Blog
One of the signs we have been waiting for as a sign of improvement in gross domestic product (GDP), a turn around in car sales, is happening. You may have heard yesterday that Ford disclosed that its sales for July were up compared to last year’s sales. This is...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 31 07 2009 | Blog
Hello everyone, So 2nd quarter GDP figures came out today and were better than expected. GDP declined 1% vs. an expected 1.5% decline. This result is not to surprising, really. For much of the 2nd quarter consumers were upbeat and that usually translates into upticks...
