Mortgage Applications Strongly Up

Yesterday the Mortgage Bankers Association announced that its index of mortgage applications rose (a whopping) 16% for the week ending March 4, 2011.   Analysis: I have been saying for many months now that the supply and demand fundamentals of the housing market...

Ethics for Sale According to New Survey

Fuld and Company, a competitive-intelligence consultancy, released the results of a survey it conducted in the third quarter of 2010.  The survey was given to a number of executives spanning many different industries throughout the United States and was designed to...

Job Openings Are Increasing

Yesterday, according to the Conference Board the number of job openings listed online in the United States grew by 400,000 to 4.2 million last month.  In percentage terms this is a 10.5% increase.   Analysis: Clearly this is good news and is among a number of...

Commodities Trading Rules Are Flawed

Warning: this is another criticism of capitalism piece.   Commodities, especially oil and gold, have been soaring in price since the unfolding of Middle East crisis.  For me it is just the latest example of how commodities market trading rules are flawed. ...