Archive for the 'Economics' Category

America the Broke?

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

With the countrys leaders deciding if they should raise the debt ceiling, no let me change that, they wanna decide how high to raise it. And with some estimates that they want to raise it by more than $1.8 trillion, it makes me wonder if with us already carrying about $12 trillion in debt. Isn’t [...]

The Only Market It’ll Ever Be Is an Agent’s Market

Monday, January 11th, 2010

During good times, the agents would tell you that paying a high price for a home is a good investment because you are essentially going to ride the wave up. You will make a lot of money in your real estate dealings when you sell the home in the future.
During the recessions and down markets [...]

Why Don’t You Carpool?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

You work with the same coworkers day in and day out, they also live near you, if that is the case than why not carpool. That way it will relieve some of that congestion on the roads.

College Kids Banked on Futures with Debt

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

A while back I wrote about how I feel that college kids are way too saddled with debt from student loans. A recent article by CNN indicates that things are only getting worst as a result of the recession.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/08/27/student.loans/index.html
I can’t imagine how so many students were allowed into loans with little to no protection. In [...]

Weekly News Feed Aug 07, 2009

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Lost generation? U.S. grads work for free, look abroad
Alumna sues college because she hasn’t found a job
Why Home Prices Will Continue To Fall
Cash For Clunkers helped Ford Out
Wages and Salaries Fell 4.7%, Most On Record
Drop in homeownership likely to continue
Are Houses Finally Cheap?
American Incomes Head Down, Threatening Recovery in Spending
Banks slow to [...]

Weekly News Feed July 31, 2009

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Foreclosures: How bad is your city?
Too many clunkers, too little cash
How Mortgage Lending Became An ‘American Casino’
Study Finds Underwater Borrowers Drowned Themselves with Refinancings
Goldman Sachs: Gambling With Your Money?
Could the recession zap California’s population boom?
Secret History of Credit Cards
How to prevent flipping fraud

Gas Prices Been Relatively Stable This Summer

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Has anyone noticed lately that the Summer driving season hasn’t hit gas prices too badly this year. I have been keeping a pretty consistent observation of the gas prices in the past two months and while they have inched their way up towards the $3.00 mark, for regular unleaded the price has never gotten to [...]

Weekly News Feed July 24, 2009

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Alan Grayson: “Which Foreign Banks Got The Fed’s $500 Billion?” Bernanke: “I Don’t Know.” (Video 7-21-09)
Stores Go Dark Where Buyers Once Roamed
Getting real: A new era of frugality
The Housing Crash Isn’t Over: Here’s How to Profit
California exodus expands slightly
The king of the Sarasota flip
Realtors’ ‘Rosy’ Index Overstates Affordability: Chart of Day
When Will [...]