This is basically a combination of things that are bothering me.  I would have probably written a post about them individually but instead decided to just throw them up here and move on to other topics. I like the new iPhone plans, I’ll save money when I upgrade. But with media rich iAds coming to [...]

The Washington Post ran a story about dogs on Capitol Hill. They also included a slideshow with some of the dogs. As a converted dog lover (I love my dog, not yours, and still love all cats), I thought it might be interesting to see what kinds of dogs are hanging out on the Hill [...]

I don’t have anything against the state of New Jersey (click the link for an economic tour of the state).  I’m sure it’s a fine and beautiful place.  But why are these the two stories I’ve heard about the state in the past few days? Jersey Politician Draws Total Disability Pay yet Runs Marathons New [...]

Like many of you, I am a big fan of the two richest men in America (and 2 of the 3 richest in the world). One of them is responsible for creating the technologies that make this very blog post possible. Admittedly, I do like Apple products, but I have and always will be a [...]

If you follow the financial news, you’ve probably heard of a stock buy-back program. If you don’t follow the news, you probably haven’t. But don’t worry, whether you’ve heard of it or not it’s an interesting topic ans we’re going to talk about it today. A stock buy-back program is exactly what it sounds like. [...]

Following on the discussion from yesterday, there’s another topic you’re going to start hearing more about soon: shadow inventory. What is Shadow Inventory? Before we talk about shadow inventory, we have to first figure out what inventory is. Inventory in this case in the number of homes currently for sale in the US. Inventory can [...]

It’s a sad time in the history of the US housing industry. Whether you liked it or not, the homebuyer credit giving $8,000 to first time buyers was successful in stimulating sales. Now the credit has expired, and applications for mortgages have tanked. I suspect we’re going to see sales declines as well when that [...]

This quote is from an editorial by a conservative writer in the US published in the British newspaper Financial Times. Ignore all the mumbo jumbo and focus just on this paragraph, which I found very interesting: In 1988, of course, the Piper Alpha platform, operated by Occidental Petroleum, a US company, exploded in British waters [...]