Yesterday I blogged about US Unemployment and whether it was as bad an issue as I believe it’s being made out to be in the media. Today I’d like to take a closer look at the Jobs Report for March 2008 and focus on a breakdown of the data that is available on the [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 7, 2008
Unemployment…How Bad Is It?
This morning I went to work via the gym. I try to head there before work on Mon, Wed and Fri to take care of my physical well being. I’ve been getting a bit bored with the same run of country music on my iPod Shuffle so lately I’ve taken to loading podcasts on topics [...]
April 6, 2008
Iran Wants OPEC to Stop Valuing Oil in US Dollars
I’m not clairvoyant, I swear. A couple days ago I shared my thoughts about the US Dollar. In the middle of that post I got off on a tangent about the price of oil, the fact that it is traded in US Dollars and that I believe the preservation of foreign wealth in [...]
April 4, 2008
The US Dollar
The strength of the US Dollar, or rather the lack there of, is certainly not a new story, but rather one that has been gather steam for quite some time. I can remember when I bought my first Euro while on deployment in the Mediterranean in late 2002.
The Dollar and the Euro were at [...]
April 2, 2008
What Are You Going to do With Your Stimulus Check?
I can’t wait for my economic stimulus check. I’m not going to run out and spend it. Nope, not me. Remember, I’m the Money Earner, not the Money Spender on my team. I intend to sock it away in my money market account. I’m trying to kick off my [...]
April 1, 2008
Financial Success – A Team Sport
For those of you who are terminally single or don’t involve your spouse in financial decision-making you can’t skip this post. This discussion will apply to you as well….you’ll just find yourself playing more than one position.
In my family our financial success is a full up team sport. My wife and I each [...]
