“Ignorance is voluntary misforture.” - Nicholas Lang
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“Ignorance is voluntary misforture.” - Nicholas Lang
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It’s not been as easy as one might think to try and find details of what is being debated in the Senate Banking Committee regarding the housing “rescue” bill. Here’s a quick summary of what’s been passed by the House and the Senate Banking Committee thus far; the full Senate is planning to have the […]
Yesterday we took some time and explained the purpose of the Population Growth Ratio and how it’s derived, as well as looked at the markets with the highest population growth ratios in the nation.
What about the lowest population growth ratios? Low population growth ratios are a concern, and negative population growth ratios are even a […]
“One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closest friends; if they seem OK, then you’re the one.” - Ann Landers
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It’s clearly obvious from our blog posts and newsletter articles that we as a team believe lower federal personal tax rates stimulate the economy. We think this is a particularly important topic during this election season as there is a strong populist undercurrent present in the discourse of several candidates, and one theme of that […]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is basically back on schedule with their posting in the past few days of unemployment and employment data from April (they were weeks late with March’s data).
We posted yesterday the free PDF file for this month’s data (current though April 2008) detailing state by state unemployment rates. Here’s a link […]
You might postulate that one of the most easy to follow trends in a market would be population growth. Those who study markets carefully have learned however that population growth values that are reported by different local, regional, state, and national sources can very widely, and some comparison of your research findings is often in […]
The Conference Board (TCB) noted in a press release today that the US leading index increased 0.1%, the second straight month of meager but real gains. TCB noted that the strongest positive contributions to the index were from stock prices, the interest rate spreads, and rising housing permits; negative drag on the index was principally […]
“To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” - William Louden
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics is basically back on schedule with their posting in the past few days of employment and unemployment data from April (they were weeks late with March’s data).
We’ve just posted the free PDF file for this month’s data (current though April 2008) detailing state by state employment growth. Here’s a link […]
Today’s daily data discussion will again consider the Housing Opportunity Index, specifically looking at markets with a high housing opportunity index.
On the 16th we briefly discussed the HOI, what it is and how it’s calculated; here’s the link again to the NAHB website which provides the rankings.
So what might a high single family HOI index signify?
Markets […]
“Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.” - Robert Half
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Several of our friends from Texas have emailed in this morning a note to comment on an op-ed in the WSJ this weekend. Joseph Nixon wrote “Why Doctors are Heading for Texas” and we have to agree with his conclusions.
Nixon’s premise is that with the enactment of several pieces of tort reform legislation, Texas has […]
Posting a recipe now for the past several weeks in our Take a Break category has proven to be very popular; we’ll continue to do so routinely now.
With the Memorial Day weekend a week away, and the early summer season upon us, here’s a unique burger to impress your family and guests – Spicy Grilled […]
“Guard against the postures of pretended patriotism.” - George Washington
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