Tag: u.s. economy
Are U.S. GDP Growth Estimates Still Too High?
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made headlines recently by joining the chorus of analysts that have reduced the rosy...
Is Market Divergence Highlighting Weaker Economy?
The S&P 500 closed the month at an all-time high of 1923.57. It is up 4.14% YTD. Meanwhile the NASDAQ Composite was up 1.69%...
2013 Cash Reserves Ranking: Apple, U.S. Corporates Lead Way
Most humans, apart from most teenagers, tend to be naturally averse to risk. We try to avoid situations that are dangerous, embarrassing or in...
The Real Issues Concerning Healthcare.gov
Sure, it’s a convenient news story when the HealthCare.gov website crashes and doesn’t allow people who desperately need healthcare to even enroll. News outlets...
US Housing Market Improving, Recovery Taking Hold
By Joshua Schroeder
Here we go again. The political ping pong in Washington has once again impeded any resolution leading to certainty regarding fiscal policy and...
Is America Nearing a Tipping Point?
By Jeff Voudrie
I believe that the United States is still the best country in the world. I am proud to be an American and am...
Economic First Down… or Another False Start
By Joshua SchroederIn both 2010 and 2011 the US economy began growing at quick pace only to peter out later on in the year. Once...
The Year that Was and the Year to Come
By Joshua Schroeder
2011 was a year marked by extreme volatility driven by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the Arab spring and most of all...
