As of this writing we are converging on the 6th year of this housing mess, and for almost 6 years we’ve heard people from the head of the Federal Reserve to real estate experts to Jim Cramer say we’ve reached the bottom of the housing market. For too long self-interested parties have made claims the [...]

The following is a guest post provided by Forex Traders. Views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of Weakonomics.com The year of 2011 may go down in history as the year that never was. Our financial markets, despite a rollercoaster ride throughout much of the period, ended the year amazingly enough at roughly the [...]

Last week Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a press conference. In the conference he was asked about a number of things, including the Fed’s target inflation rate eroding away the savings of people. You likely know your bank account it paying practically nothing in terms of interest, say 1% (for argument). But inflation is much [...]

Welcome to a world where Storage Wars and Hoarding are well watched TV shows.  A world where candles serve as decoration, where there are 4 TVs in a house, and we can’t fit cars in garages anymore for all the crap we have.  Where did we go wrong?  I’ve got older relatives that have been [...]

Does this statement disturb you? In 1950, finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8% of GDP, according to US Department of Commerce estimates. By 1960, that share had grown to 3.8% of GDP, and reached 6% of GDP in 1990. Today, it is 8.4% of GDP, and it is not shrinking. The [...]

Cats were always my thing growing up. But, as evidenced by the branding on my site at some point dogs entered my life. Enter: The Sheconomist too. Dogs are great, and mine is the best, and now I consider both types of furry animals to be valuable members of a stable household. One of the [...]

Obamacare hasn’t gotten much attention recently.  And with Mitt Romney the likely frontrunner as GOP opposition, I doubt his strategists will be attacking the president on the controversial legislation too much. But it’s certainly going to be a point of conversation and will once again grab some headlines leading up to the election which is [...]

Yesterday we humbly reviewed how awesome I am at predicting things. Normally, in today’s post I’d make a number of predictions for 2012, mostly for fun. But instead of me picking what to predict, I’d like to know what you want me to predict. It’s not so much a call for suggestions as it is [...]