U.S. Debt Crisis Resolved?

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 20, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments   U.S. President Barack Obama is endorsing a deficit reduction plan crafted by a bipartisan group, equally weighted between six Republicans and Democrats.  The group, super creatively known as “The Gang of Six,” has announced a $3.7 trillion plan whose machinations would unfold over the course of a decade. Most politicos feel that the plan has a zero chance of passing intact. ...
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European Debt Crisis You’re Not Hearing About

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 18, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments   Yes it’s true, I have been silent for the last several days and it’s because there isn’t any real news in the press. By ‘news’ I am referring to the root of the word news, ‘new.’ Why waste everyone’s time harping on the same stuff? So what’s new, if not news, quite yet? Little talked about in the European sovereign debt crisis is that...
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European Debt Yields Indicate Fear

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 16, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments   Across the European continent debt yields on existing debt are rising and indicate a growing level of fear about their nagging debt crisis.  Specifically, last week yields rose in Portugal, Italy,  Ireland, Greece and Spain – alias, the P.I.I.G.S. nations.  But even the bonds yields of Europe’s strongest economy, Germany, rose this past week. Why are rising yields evidence of...
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Intuitive Assessment of U.S. Debt Crisis Brief

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 15, 2011 in Blog, Intuitive Assessment | 0 comments   Here is a brief intuitive assessment of the U.S. debt crisis.  I say “brief” because the negotiations are still ongoing and the details of the resolution are not the important thing.  What is important is that the crisis resolves before the 2 August, 2011 deadline. To me it feels as if Republicans and Democrats are finally focusing on a solution, rather than focusing on...
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Overview of the U.S. Debt Crisis

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 14, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments   Both Moody’s and Standard & Poors stated yesterday that they are prepared to downgrade the United States’ vaunted AAA credit rating if the country’s borrowing limit is not raised by Congress past its $14.29 trillion threshold.  I consider the U.S. debt crisis to be a seminal moment for the country.  Why? Regardless of the outcome, the United States is finally having...
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The Economist’s Editorial About the U.S. Debt Crisis

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 13, 2011 in Blog | 2 comments Normally I do not reprint in entirety other publications’ work because it’s my job to create compelling content for you.  However, the conservative financial periodical, the Economist, published an editorial about the ongoing U.S. debt crisis that I think needs to be reprinted.  Why?  Because it succinctly describes the absurdity of the negotiating position of one of the parties to...
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Hype Sells in Investing

Posted by Jason Apollo Voss on Jul 13, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments   Yesterday, the Zurich based International Capital Market Association (ICMA) disclosed that it has been investigating a well know investment bank selling tactic: hype.  I know that you are thinking something along the lines of: “I had already come to accept that hype was a part of the game – this is not news.”  You would be correct. However, the ICMA is focusing on...
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