Using the News
U.S. Federal Government Spending, Tax Collections and Deficits
Update: The French Economic Experiment: How is the Socialist President Doing?
Update: Dollar Threatening Its All-Time Low...Silver Surges to All-Time High...China Economy to Surpass U.S. by 2016
Are Low Gasoline Prices Actually a Bad Sign for the Economy?
It’s a well known fact that many folks in the news media hype negative stories and trumpet things that they’d like us to be spending more time worrying about. So, if you’ve been enjoying the much lower gasoline prices of late, wipe that smile off your face!
Gauging Gridlock: Analyzing the 2014 Midterm National Election Results
Why Investors Who Read Mainstream Journalism About the Stock Market Make Bad Investing Decisions
If you’ve been with me over the years and decades, you know the many times that I have highlighted poor journalism. Here’s another timely example. I did a double take when I read a headline on Bloomberg, “S&P 500's Rise at Five Times GDP