by Jason Apollo Voss | 14 05 2009 | Blog
By now it’s a dead horse – but hey, let’s beat it some more. I repeat myself here to help concepts take root in my beloved readership and also because I recognize that the blog is picking up new readers frequently who may not be up to speed with...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 14 05 2009 | Blog
Today unemployment figures for the previous were released and they were worse than expected with an increase in those seeking unemployment benefits of ~32,000. While not a positive number, I have to emphasize that 32,000 newly unemployed over a U.S. population of...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 14 05 2009 | Blog
Good morning everyone! Most likely you have seen that the stock markets have been down and sharply over the last few sessions, yes? So is it panic time? I believe not. Many investors, myself included, looked at the massive run up in share prices over the prior many...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 13 05 2009 | Blog
Hello everyone, Retail sales figures were released today for the month of April and they were down 0.4%. Economists had expected a more modest decline of 0.1%. While the decline was more than expected, it was an improvement over March’s revised decline of 1.3%....
by Jason Apollo Voss | 13 05 2009 | Blog
The Presidential Administration of Barack Obama is considering reforming the way financial institutions pay their employees. Primarily they are trying to align pay with long-term performance. It’s about damned time. Power to enforce such measures would come from...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 07 05 2009 | Blog
Happy Friday everyone! I am heading out to see the new Star Trek movie! Oh yeah! I’ll let you all know how it is…early reviews all love it. For today’s post I wanted to copy yesterday’s op-ed piece by U.S. Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner....
