Small Business Confidence Takes a Nosedive
More evidence of the growing disconnect between consumer confidence (still at or near a recovery high) and small business confidence (recently tumbling from a recovery...
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) May Have Competition From Lenovo Very Soon
The world technology market has been dominated by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) for these past few years. Apple has enjoyed strong sales and ridiculous profits, riding...
House Prices: Case-Shiller to turn negative month-to-month seasonally in October
I expect the Case-Shiller Composite 20 Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA) index to decline month-to-month in October. This will not be a sign of impending doom...
Only The Paranoid Survive
You all know my motto: Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. We are at an interesting junction here and...
“Moneyball” Takes Down Wall Street
"In the US, the average 24-month forecast error for individual stocks is 93%, and the average 12-month forecast error is 47% over the period 2001-2006....
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Should Build A TV: Time Warner CEO
Time Warner’s CEO says he can’t wait to see the rumored Apple Television. So why is he looking forward to a product that has the...
Why Silver is Heading Higher
December is already shaping up to be a strong month for silver. But smart investors might be singing “Silver Bells” well into the New Year....
When the Credit Transmission Mechanism Breaks…
We have an economy built around what Monetary Realism calls “inside money” or bank money. That is, most of the money in our economy is...
Costco Has Special Holiday Gift To Shareholders: Dodging Fiscal Cliff
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) has a special holiday gift to its shareholders. The warehouse merchant announced that it would pay a cash dividend of $3...
Modeling the Wealth, Income, and “Saving” Effects of Redistribution: More is Better?
It has long seemed to me that redistribution is, for some reason, necessary for the emergence, continuance, and growth of large, prosperous, modern, high-productivity monetary...