Mar 9 2009
The Red, White, and Blue Queen’s Race: The Economy Reverts to Historical Inflation Patterns: Stock Market and Real Estate Fall back in Line with Inflation. Working Harder Just to Stay in the Same Spot.
The Red Queen’s race is a situation that appears in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass where one has to run faster and faster just to remain in the same spot. Imagine a treadmill that increases in speed every 10 minutes yet you don’t burn calories at the higher rate. Many Americans are feeling as if [...]
Jan 8 2009
Economic and Investing Forecast for 2009: 10 Charts Showing no Economic Rebound in 2009.
Today the ADP National Employment Report stated that private sector jobs fell by a much larger than expected 693,000 in December. This report stunned on the downside and is a prelude to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics report which comes out on Friday. The market also suffered its worst one day since early December. [...]
