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05/01/2008 10:00:00
It seems extremely foolish to offend your customer base. 03/18/2008 13:00:00
And no madness is worst than greed. Every so often people assume that somehow they can make money out of the thin air. The most famous one was the Tulip mania of 1636-1637 in Netherland and the most recent one was the dotcom bubble of 1995-2001 (on March 10th, 2000 the NASDAQ peaked at 5132.52). 03/13/2008 14:00:00
A brief historical overview of changing banking practices abetted by the Fed's inflationary expansion of the currency. 03/07/2008 14:00:00
The Carville/Begala line was "It's the economy, stupid!" The economy, back in day, 1992, was actually going pretty well, but by chanting the mantra of "the worst economy in 50 years," enough people were convinced that the economy was bad and Ross Perot sucked away enough 03/05/2008 13:00:00
Most people who have had an email account for more than three or four minutes are aware of the Nigerian Scam, an advance-fee fraud which originated in West Africa and proliferated with the advent of email and spyware. 01/14/2008 14:00:00
When asked what the stock market would do, the old-time financier said, 'It will fluctuate." This is clearly what happens over time. The market fooled many people, however, from around 1983 to 2000, as it tended to rise in a straight line with only minor dips and flat spots. Many who invested 01/07/2008 13:00:00
On December 12, 2007, America's Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of Canada and the Swiss National Bank, as well as Japan's and Sweden's central banks joined forces in a plan to ease the worldwide liquidity squeeze. 01/04/2008 13:00:00
Is America becoming the land of "consumers" instead of "citizens"? Consumers who are only consumers of anything and everything, without regard to quality and value? 12/18/2007 13:00:00
"When the leasing companies will enter, prices will go down." 12/18/2007 12:00:00
There was a time in our country when our money was our property. It was more than just a medium of exchange or an economic instrument; it was, in a very real sense, property. When a man labored he received compensation in value equal to his work, his produce or his creativity; the money he earned wa 12/08/2007 14:00:00
The down trend in the Macedonian Stock Exchange is not a mere correction. It is a repricing of assets. It still has a long way to go. Even at 4300 - the next massive technical support - Macedonian shares are inanely overvalued. 11/21/2007 14:00:00
When most of us look at income statistics, we are not just being numbers junkies. We want to find out something about actual flesh-and-blood human beings -- specifically what their standard of living is like. But you cannot always just take statistics at face value -- or, worse yet, with 11/05/2007 14:00:00
Corporate globalism was preceded by the passing of relationship banking. 11/02/2007 14:00:00
The euro, worth 83 cents in the early George W. Bush years, is at $1.45. The British pound is back up over $2, the highest level since the Carter era. The Canadian dollar, which used to be worth 65 cents, is worth more than the U.S. dollar for the first time in half a century. 10/11/2007 14:00:00
Mortgage defaults, foreclosures, evictions, a shaking economy - a host of gloomy words pervade, often dominate, contemporary financial reports, headlines and bylines. The Department of the Treasury top officialdom prestigiously 09/21/2007 14:00:00
I recently wrote a piece here about the best stock market returns on a hypothetical balanced portfolio of investments. I thought it might be interesting to look at the worst investment return time periods.Worst Historical Returns1 Yr. -43.13% Jun. 1932 5 Yr. -6.99% 09/11/2007 12:00:00
She and I were eating out, paying exorbitant prices and tipping what is expected. Then finally I confessed to her that much of the food was tasteless if not repulsive. And the prices were outrageous. When in Northern Ireland recently, we were informed that tipping is not expected. 09/07/2007 13:45:12
Stock Markets and economies often travel in the same direction. Theoretically, the stock market is a leading indicator, meaning that its direction and movement precedes that of the economy. Apparently, investors are psychic.If one looks at a chart of the best investment returns 09/07/2007 13:44:18
If you want to purchase a home now, the most important thing you can do today is contact a loan officer and talk to them about your credit situation. Let them advise you about positioning your credit for approval. Good credit and credit scores are key to getting loan approval. 08/28/2007 13:25:10
One thing you can rest assured of is that FHA will play a significant role in the future of the mortgage industry. 08/24/2007 13:00:00
Property values influence the value of your home and your borrowing power. The new mortgage environment is definitely going to affect homeowners. Refinancing qualifications have changed. Appraisal values influence the guidelines used to qualify loans. Everything has changed! 08/23/2007 14:00:00
WASHINGTON -- The unexpected, widely praised cut in the discount rate last Friday only momentarily removed pressure from the Federal Reserve. While the Bush administration and conservative economists deplore bailing out improvident investors... 08/20/2007 13:22:48
As I pointed out a few months ago on this website http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/23951.html, the Federal Reserve under Ben Bernanke was fighting a non-existent inflation and keeping the financial brakes on the economy.Bernanke and the Fed have finally awakened to the problem after 08/20/2007 13:21:54
In the past few weeks alone, over $2 trillion was lost in global markets, and I dont think we are anywhere near the worst of it yet. And, to add salt to the wound, we are seeing signs that whats taking place here in the United States is starting to infect other countries as well. Within the global 08/20/2007 13:17:41
In the 1990s home ownership rates were fairly stagnant. In an effort to extend its business and in response to the federal mandate to open up housing to more Americans, the mortgage industry created loans with looser guidelines for credit and income qualification. 08/17/2007 13:00:00
DUMPies are Destitute Unprepared Mature People who had “confidence in the system” and who were “sure everything would work out all right.” They were the last people who purchased tickets on the Titanic; 08/16/2007 14:00:00
Big government, abetted by Keynesian macroeconomics, fostered today's macro meltdown in the financial markets. 08/16/2007 14:00:00
WASHINGTON -- Prior to the recent global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve Board under Chairman Ben S. Bernanke was ready to take a subtle step toward easier money in order to stave off U.S. recession fears. 07/23/2007 13:52:41
Cameco's news of finding uranium in the soil beneath their conversion facility was sufficient to stop the three-week decline in the spot uranium price. This was the third piece of bad news from the world's largest publicly traded uranium company in a week.
07/20/2007 13:43:51
Military desertions, landmines, food shortages and the Tuareg rebels put Niger's uranium mining at risk. A stable uranium-producing country, accounting for nearly nine percent of world uranium mining, may suffer while the MNJ rebels threatens northern Niger's stability. Another uranium price risk?
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