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Jones Soda – Back from the Dead
About a decade ago, Jones Soda (JSDA) was briefly an incredible success story about a regionally popular brand which had used grassroots marketing to achieve rapid growth on a national scale. Unfortunately, the soda story fizzled when they [...]
SELL EVERYTHING NOW! – How To Avoid Idiots Masquerading As Financial Experts
From mid November 2012 to February 19th, 2013, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 1,400 points for a gain of almost 12%. On February 20 and 21, the Dow Jones swooned a quick 200 points, a loss [...]
Barron’s Super Bullish Cover Story – Don’t Waste Your Time Worrying About It
Barron’s super bullish cover story this weekend raised some eyebrows in the investment world. According to popular legend, mass market magazines in the past have had a tendency to feature investment areas right at their peaks. The [...]
Gas Prices Near Record High As U.S. Oil Production Surges – Paradox or Price Gouging?
Economics 101 tells us there is an inevitable correlation between supply and demand in a free market. Overproduction of goods relative to demand invariably leads to lower prices. This seemingly iron clad theory is currently being tested [...]
The Zero Sum Game Of Lower Interest Rates And Why Mortgage Rates Will Rise
The Federal Reserve has forced long term interest rates to historic lows in a desperate attempt to “stimulate” both the housing market and the economy in general. The results have been mixed but the benefits of lower [...]
Optimists On Housing Recovery May Have To Wait Another Decade – Humpty Dumpty Vs The Fed
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Housing prices were never supposed to decline year over year. Economic depressions were supposed to be a relic of the past. If the economy weakened, the Fed would fix everything [...]
Why Amazon Gained 380% And Hewlett-Packard Lost 42% In The Past Five Years
Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ), one of the greatest success stories of American enterprise, seems to have lost its magic. Superb management and great products resulted in HPQ’s stock rising relentlessly from the mid 1960′s through early 2000 when [...]
What Financial Issues Do People Worry The Most About?
Besieged by the rising cost of energy and food, many consumers are barely able to make ends meet. Throw in the fact that for many consumers real wages have been stagnant for decades and you have the [...]
Food Stamps For The Wealthy – Millionaires Meet Eligibility Requirements
Newt Gingrich started a food fight at the last Republican debate by calling Barrack Obama “The Food Stamp President” and suggesting that food stamps were creating dependence on the government. Mr. Gingrich went on to say that [...]
