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Stock Market Gurus’ Predictions are No Better Than A Flip of a Coin!
Have you ever been burned by a stock adviser’s recommendation? You’re not alone. It turns out the advice from so-called stock experts is no better than a flip of a coin. In the Wall Street Journal David Weidner reports: “Of the 65 … Continue reading
Do Republicans Do a Better Job with the Economy? What Does the Evidence Say
Is There an Association between the President’s Party and Party Control of Congress and Economic Growth? Conventional wisdom suggests that Republicans do a better job with the economy than Democrats. We will examine existing evidence to see if the data … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Government, Income Distribution, Inequality, Presidential Leadership, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged Congress, debt, deficit, Democrats, economic growth, economy, GDP, income distribution, income percentile, inequality, job creation, jobs, manufacturing, party, presidents, prosperity, Republicans, stock market, unemployment, wealth
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Effect of the Stimulus Program: 21 Economic Metrics
Michael Norman, JTF chief economist, provides a number of metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the stimulus program (aka American Recovery Act). Each graph below has a horizontal axis ranging from March 2007 to March 2012. In addition Norman has … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged American Recovery Act, business investment, capacity utilization, confidence survey, corporate profits, cpi, dollar index, effectiveness, evaluation, GDP, household net worth, housing starts, industrial production, ISM PMI index, metrics, oil, payrolls, personal income, personal savings, retail sales, stimulus program, stock market, treasuries, unemployment, vehicle sales
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The Causes of Income Inequality
Numerous scholars have identified various factors associated with growing levels of income inequality. This is a summary of some, not all, of the more prevalent evidence-based studies. Stock Market, Rise of Financial Sector and Finance Driven Technology Boom. Galbraith (2012) places a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Income Distribution, Inequality, Socio-economic Status, Taxes, Wealth
Tagged capital gains, decline of unions, dividends, financial sector, foreign trade, Galbraith, income distribution, income inequality, inheritance, marginal tax rates, Piketty, Saez, stock market, technology boom, wages
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Worldwide Stock Market Recovery: Good and Bad News
Worldwide Stock Markets: Good and Bad News The good news is the United States is among four countries who have recovered their stock market values from the crash in 2007-09. The three other countries are Mexico, Singapore and Sweden. The … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged economic growth, economy, financial system, global economy, stock market
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S&P 500: A Lost Decade?
Here’s a graph depicting the performance of the stock market over the past 22 years, as measured by closing prices of S&P 500, excluding dividends. It looks like at least a lost decade! Source: Calculated Risk.