by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 05 2011 | Blog
I have to confess that I struggled with the title of today’s blog post. Let me begin to tell my story, and if any of you have any suggestions as to a better title, please feel free to leave it in the comments section of the blog. For centuries investors have...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 05 2011 | Blog
My regular readers might have noticed that I have not posted about the financial markets much in the last 10 days or so. My goal is to interpret the mass of news flow out there and deliver to you prescient analysis and commentary on the important news story of the...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 02 05 2011 | Blog
While psychologically important, Osama bin Laden’s death in an Islamabad, Pakistan suburb early Sunday morning changes little. But perhaps there is a window of opportunity now for the United States to re-prioritize. Our efforts to negate the importance of al...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 29 04 2011 | Blog
Research in Motion (ticker: RIMM) announced that it expects second quarter earnings per share to by between $1.30 and $1.37, rather than between the range $1.47 of $1.55 that it just promised a month ago. Stock analysts hate this kind of revision and many who follow...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 04 2011 | Blog
U.S. Commerce Department calculations estimate that first quarter U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 1.8%. By comparison, fourth quarter GDP growth was 3.1%. Analysis: Clearly this is a disappointing result. However, let’s review some of what...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 04 2011 | Blog
Japanese government statistics show that March factory production fell a whopping 15.3% from February’s number. Furthermore, the tsunami led to an 8.5% drop in household spending. Analysis: Each of the above numbers set records for statistical drops in Japan...
