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There's not a whole lot of magic about supply and demand.  If demand is high, a low supply will result in a high costs whereas a high supply will result in low costs.  Because of the abundance of products in the marketplace, our economy is demand driven.  Meaning, if demand is low, it really does...
09/29/2008
This article over at the MSNBC website caught my attention.  In it, the article touches on a few individuals who have money invested in the stock market and are currently asking themselves whether it would be good to get out now, or ride it out. I suppose what really grabbed my attention was the ...
09/26/2008
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Americans are responding to the market basically in two ways; fear and confusion.  This article from Bloomberg touches on how the everyday Joe is reacting to all of the chaotic news. The sounds of Lawrence Olivier's panic stricken voice from the Marathon Man seems to resonate appropriately; "Is i...
09/22/2008
Okay, everybody needs to calm down.  We all know there's a bit of an economic crisis going on.  However, that doesn't mean we need to start making irrational decisions.  Let me explain how we got here. This problem starts back in 1938 when FDR created Fannie Mae.  This was a government-created an...
09/18/2008
Okay, I know this is going to sound rather technical and perhaps even boring, but understanding what M3 is what it means to you can have a significant impact on your life. The Federal Reserve is responsible for determining how much money is circulating in the market place.  However, it's a little...
09/15/2008
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Not too long ago, I wrote a blog about Austin being featured in an article as being one of the most tech-friendly cities in the nation.  I highlighted that tech is driving our market, which means that Austin is, and will continue to be, a strong supplier of jobs.  Of course, with jobs comes a sta...
09/11/2008
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There is a particularly touching scene in The Shawshank Redemption in which an elderly man is paroled after spending 50 years in prison.  The world he encounters is full of automobiles and technology that we would find rather primative, but he struggles to cope in this new environment. I was remi...
09/09/2008
It's always interesting to read about a successful entrepreneur who pulled themselves out of obscurity to form a nationaly recognized company.  Here is an article about Jim McNann, founder of 1-800Flowers.com. We stress that an entrepreneur works on their business not in it.  Apparently, Jim disc...
09/08/2008
Although I'd like to think of myself as psychically endowed, my prediction that the government would step in to save Fannie Mae and Freddie Max was hardly a lucky guess.  They've been seized and we're all going to be affected. Personally, I'm a bit conflicted on the issue.  I know that, had the g...
09/08/2008
CNN has done it again with this article, providing what appears to me rather sage-less advice concerning investing.  The article suggests that money in your pension fund will make more than the money in your mutual fund despite the fact that all of the money ends up investing in the same business...
09/05/2008
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