I’ve been contemplating this for a few weeks now. This has been my first foray into blogging and it’s been a learning experience from the start. I’ve enjoyed building this site and have seen the traffic begin to grow. I appreciate you taking time out of your day to spend it with me and my [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Economics’
July 8, 2008
Semper Finance!
From the Halls of Montezuma,
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country’s battles
In the air, on land, and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
Of UNITED STATES MARINES.
Now that every US Marine presently surfing the internet is standing at attention, I’d like to draw [...]
May 19, 2008
I’ve Been Stimulated…So to Speak
On May 9th, 2008 my stimulus check arrived, right on time, just as forecast. There was no fan fare, there was no congratulations. Just the quiet whir of my computer’s fan. There it was, staring at me in my money market account, $1800 that wasn’t there the morning before. Should I tell the money spender? [...]
April 8, 2008
Are You Educating Your Kids? The US Jobs Report Says You Should!
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 [...]
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 [...]
