by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 03 2011 | Blog
This morning the unemployment rate for February was announced by the Department of Labor. The data show that the U.S. economy added 192,000 jobs in February and that the overall unemployment rate dropped below 9.0% for the first time in almost two years. Consensus...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 04 03 2011 | Blog
This morning one of the largest advertising firms in the world, WPP PLC, announced its full year 2010 results. First, profits rose 34% last year. While this sounds impressive, remember that exiting a recession many companies experience tremendous operating leverage....
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 03 2011 | Blog
This morning the Department of Labor announced its weekly initial jobless claims were at their lowest level since 2008. Specifically, they fell by 20,000 claims to a level of 368,000. This figure compares to expectations from economists of a rise in jobless claims...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 03 03 2011 | News & Events
Web-based book review resource, “ForeWord Reviews – Good Books Independently Published” has given a very positive review of The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth. Highlights of the review include: “Some...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 28 02 2011 | Blog
In the initial moments of this blog I stated that there were three things that needed to change in order for the world to definitively leave recession behind: The people that led us into recession had to change. The institutions that led us into recession had...
by Jason Apollo Voss | 26 02 2011 | Blog
Yesterday morning Thomson/Reuters and the University of Michigan reported the results of their U.S. consumer confidence survey. Here are the results: The level of 77.5 marks the highest level attained in consumer confidence in three years. Economists...
