The Trend in US Corporate Profits Is What You Think It Is
In my research for an article about the cross section of national income, I ran across this piece in Forbes by Tim Worstall. In this...
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Three Things I Think I Think
Some random thoughts as the weekend can’t come fast enough… 1) How sad is it that fraud and corruption has become so rampant in the...
Productivity is Demand Constrained
I was watching a video from the World Economic Forum 2013 in Davos, Switzerland. The video is a panel discussion on the subject, “No growth,...
Please Mr Krugman, Don’t Sink to the Level of Your Opponents
Paul Krugman must feel a need to churn out blog posts at a very fast rate (I know the feeling.) Most are excellent. But his...
Is Apple Inc. (AAPL) Going Big, or Going Home?
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been quiet on the device front in 2013, having not introduced any new devices or any upgrades to existing devices as...
Is a House Really a Good “Investment”?
Recent discussion here regarding real, real returns (returns net of inflation, taxes and fees) and the flawed BLS calculation on Owner’s Equivalent Rent sparked a...
U.S. Offshore Banking Industry Strikes Back at FATCA IGAs
Diego S., a wealthy Latin American (EEML, quote) media executive, travels frequently on business between his home city in South America and New York City....
Investor Playbook: Smith & Wesson’s (NASDAQ:SWHC) Recent Share Climb is Just the Beginning of More Upside
I don’t know if it’s a basic human response or a uniquely American one. But when we are threatened with not having access to something...
A Sad Reversal from Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman did some excellent columns in the 1990s on the need for sweatshops in third world countries. He still believes they are necessary, but...
Weekly ETF SPY: Lumber Prices and Lumber Related ETFs
At first glance you probably won’t be interested in lumber and lumber prices. But, you should know that lumber prices have a good track record...