The past week’s performance of the major asset classes is summarized in the chart below – a set of numbers indicating heightened risk aversion on the back of growing concerns about sovereign debt issues, the longevity of the global economic recovery …
<ul><li>The 5.7 percent pace was the fastest growth rate in six years. </li><li>National economic analysts had expected the gross domestic product (GDP) to increase at a 4.6 percent pace. </li><li>However, the U.S. C…
<ul><li>WASHINGTON – Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday.</li><li>"A sign of progress," Obama said in his weekly radio and In…
"Crazy" isn’t even the right word to describe this market…
That’s because people are spooked. They’re looking for any reason to sell. They’re ignoring great earnings reports, opting to sell on fears that Obama is anti-business; or that inf…
There is about a 30% chance that the U.S. economy is about to start growing rapidly, with unemployment declining by a percentage point or two each year. There is about a 40% chance that we are about to start a recovery like or a little bit better than …
The recession is the time to cut inventories. The recovery is the time to re-stock. First, though, you have to make sure that your vendors are up to the challenge. The Wall Street Journal recently ran an excellent front page story about Caterpillar …
Ariel Fisher, a co-member of the Corporate Real Estate Group on Linkedin asked the question: "How close is the real estate industry to hitting bottom?" And what do you think is the number one sign that we’ve reached that point and are on our…
<ul><li>Obama: Deficit reduction ‘critical’</li><li>WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday said "it is critical that we rein in" budget deficits that put economic recovery at risk.</li>…
<ul><li>Americans are suffering from a much bigger recession hangover than their Canadian neighbours, essentially defining a new economic normal moving forward for both business partners, according to a public opinion survey released today….
<ul><li>WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Saturday that trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs, his top domestic priority this year, to continue the economic recovery that appears under way.</li><li>&qu…