Born Lucky, Live Long?
The Washington Post reports today that a Dutch study has found: “People who happen to be born in good economic times live longer...
The Fund Manager’s Dilemma?
I’ve referenced Jeremy Grantham in the past. In Q3 ’03, Grantham stated that we are now experiencing “The Greatest...
Augmented Unemployment Rate
Total non-farm payroll employment, on a seasonally adjusted basis, was 130.1 million last month — virtually unchanged. These...
Let’s play “Surprise the Economists!”
Here’s some of the responses from various Economists, via WSJ: “The payroll gain of 1,000 jobs is “quite shocking. …...
Payroll improvement: 1000 Jobs
Yes, you read that right: The mighty American economy created no new jobs in December. The actual number — 1,000 — is...
It’s Not Easy Being Greenback
Today we wade into the morass that is the U.S. dollar: Of all the chatter produced by Wall Street, this seems to be one of the more...
Chart(s) of the Week: 2003 DJIA, priced in Euros
Performance changes based upon your currency perspective. If you bought the Dow Jones Industrial Average with your Euros on the first day...
Competing on other than Price for Music Sales
Decommoditizing Commodity Products: We’ve been looking at price competition for retail music sales; I normally care very little...
Silicon Valley stocks revived in year
I somehow overlooked David Sylvester’s year end wrap up for the San Jose Mercury News, located in the heart of Silicon Valley...
Music Retailers Competing on Price
We previously discussed how “Music Sales were Rising on Aggressive Discounting, Price Competition and an Improving Economy.”...