The Prospects For a Turn in Unemployment

Michael Ashton - 09/03/09

Commercial Bank Credit update

Michael Ashton - 09/01/09

I Cut, You Choose

Michael Ashton - 08/31/09

The Default Solution

Michael Ashton - 08/20/09

Renegotiate Your Rent!

Michael Ashton - 08/17/09

New Information

Enduring Investments - 08/14/09

 

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The Prospects For a Turn in Unemployment

by Michael Ashton on September 3, 2009

While there are still no real signs of recovery, other than the bounce from the post-Lehman crisis mode back to "normal recession" mode, this is what I would start looking at in current labor force data to identify a real turn. Read more »

Commercial Bank Credit update

by Michael Ashton on September 1, 2009

Commercial Bank Credit continues to plumb new depths and is most definitely not headed the way the Federal Reserve would like it to.  Read more »

I Cut, You Choose

by Michael Ashton on August 31, 2009

An imaginary Presidential speech suggesting a resolution of the great twin liabilities, Social Security and Medicare. Read more »

The Default Solution

by Michael Ashton on August 20, 2009

Buffett versus Hummels. Buffett wins. Read more »

Renegotiate Your Rent!

by Michael Ashton on August 17, 2009

The unique decline in Owners' Equivalent Rent in Friday's report will help the Fed to make its next error. Read more »

New Information

by Enduring Investments on August 14, 2009

The recent "green shoots" are not out of the normal expectations investors should have. People thinking this is an exceptionally strong recovery are likely to be disappointed in the weeks ahead. Other than the Lehman bankruptcy, everything is moving like one would expect from a normal recession. Read more »