Apr 2 2009
Employment a Lagging Indicator? Not Always. Using Outdated Economic Data and Trends for Future Financial Models. Just Because Stocks Rebound doesn’t Mean the Fundamentals are Good.
The markets are continuing on an unrelenting upward movement since their March 9th lows. This is a strong rally that has now seen the S&P 500 jump up by 25 percent in the matter of a few weeks! This kind of market volatility is reserved for highly volatile and troubled markets. It is a rare […]
Mar 16 2009
The Long Depression of 1873: Parallels and Comparisons. Are we Missing Economic Information from an Important Piece of American Financial History?
There have been many comparisons to the Great Depression with our current economic crisis. Massive speculation, rampant problems in the banking system, and exponential jumps in unemployment. Yet we may have a lot to learn by looking at the former Great Depression known as the Long Depression. The Long Depression lasted 65 months starting in […]