guest post by run75441 Occasionally, I have raised the issue of Participation Rate in decline since Oct/Nov 2001 or the official end of the 2001 recession. Participation Rate is the ratio between the Civilian Non Institution Population and Civilian Labor Force in the BLS Household Unemployment Report. From 1970 until 2001, the overall trend has […]

rdan Instead of 3000 bytes total for js-kit comments we now have 10,000. I can set it for 5,000 if this affects loading time. Pre-view is on the way.

by cactus The bank bail-out that some of us said from the beginning would not succeed hasn’t. Now things have moved on, and we’re hearing about making it bigger or simply nationalizing one or more banks. Now, I proposed a solution a while back, but before I mention it yet again, I’d like to wander […]

rdan Andy Rooney comments on the headlines regarding the financial mess we are in, and the speeches. A transcript is at CBS news. I believe this will be the banner for the satellite Angry Bear for beginners.

guest post by Noni Mausa Why Save? We keep hearing about the responsible Americans of bygone days whosaved their money and bought things when they could afford them.These are distinguished from the careless present-day Americans whobuy things first and then scramble to find the money afterwards. At this point, we might ask ourselves — why […]

rdan Cassandra says: 5. Most comments have been yankee-centric – perhaps mirroring readers interests and geography. I can warm to risk appetites returning when Global ZIRP arrives and begins to push the mountains of cash investors hold, further out on the risk curve. And global fiscal packages diminish the nominal falls and begin – not […]

rdan We will be trying the wikinvest related post widget shortly. Update: I have several concerns. I have noticed it being used on many sites. 1. Inadvertent mislabeling, as in Robert’s apples and oranges description, mixed up commodities, computers and stocks, and other. This can be dealt with immediately via e-mail to wikinvest (thanks to […]

rdan HR 1 PP is the seventh version printed, the final bill to date Feb. 10, 2009. This link is to a ‘clickable’ form of the bill. I believe there were six earlier versions starting with the House, then to Senate, then to joint committee to resolve differences. Update: Link fixed

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rdanSimon Smelt at Seeking Alpha discusses how the US and China are “communicating” national interests. He points to three important, very broad messages needing interpretation and analysis: In summary: 1. In 2005 a bilateral Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) between China and the U.S. was set up. Reportedly, Beijing has put a lot of effort into […]