Author Archive: Jeremy Parkinson
Obama’s Amnesty Further Fractures America
President Obama’s decision to ignore the law by granting de facto amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants brought to America as children and those who are parents of children with legal status was a terribly foolish act. It will only serve to exacerbate racial tensions. Polls indicate the overwhelming majority of whites view illegal immigration as threatening. […]
Output Gap Idiocy; Shaky Accounting EU And US Style
Shaky Accounting EU Style Inquiring minds note that Italy Accuses Brussels of ‘Shaky’ Accounting. That’s certainly not a shocking accusation. “Shaky” is exactly what one should expect when you get a bunch of nannycrats who believe Nirvana is on the horizon if wealth and taxes could be redistributed properly. The irony in this case is that […]
3 Auto Stocks To Buy For Surging Growth In 2015
The majority of U.S. equities have outperformed auto stocks during this most recent bull market. However, economic conditions are picking up for this industry. 2015 looks to book solid growth in both domestic and foreign car sales which will lead the charge in gains for these three stocks Bret Jensen loves to own. Global auto […]
Failure To Deflate: Flat Consumer Prices Only Slightly Help Real Wages, Sales
Guest post by New Deal democrat (from Bonddad blog) Failure to deflate: flat consumer prices only slightly help real wages, sales Usually changes in the inflation rate are all about the price of gasoline. Not in October. Although gas prices fell -6.4% (compared with a decline of -5.0% a year ago), unlike one year ago net […]
Lagging Long Yields
I’m a very intellectually curious person — I could spend most of my time researching investing questions if I had the resources to do that and that alone. This post at the blog will be a little more wonky than most. If you don’t like reading about bonds, Fed Policy, etc., you can skip down […]
Interview: AOL On Going Global, Its Rumored Merger With Yahoo, Emerging Markets & More
While AOL is mostly known for it’s presence and dominance in the US market, trends in the last few years have taken the company across the ocean with global acquisitions throughout Europe and Asia. Earlier this month, Bill Pence, AOL’s CTO came to Israel to promote the company’s new initiative for university relations and its newly formed […]
Politics Is Economics In The Week Ahead
Many people assume that politics and economics are separate spheres. We find ourselves often harkening back to the even older tradition of referring to “political economy”. After all it was Harold Laswell, who is regarded as the father of modern political science, that famously defined politics as who gets what, when and how. Isn’t that […]
Dividend Investors Should Focus On Stocks, Not The Market
The election may be settled, but investors’ fears are not. When Barack Obama was first elected, the market plunged on worries of the looming Fiscal Cliff and European concerns. Budget negotiations began on Capitol Hill, optimism returned and the market responded. More recently, Obama’s popularity plunged, then the Republicans regained control of the Senate. Is it a […]
The Best And Worst Performing Assets During Thanksgiving Week
While technicals remain largely meaningless in the global centrally-planned “USSR market” (as penned by Russell Napier, who asked “Which World Has No Volume, No Volatility And Rising Prices?”, his answer: the USSR), pattern-seeking carbon-based traders still find refuge in the comfort provided by technical analysis. So for all those who believe past performance is indicative of future results, here […]
Report: Amazon Plans To Launch Travel Service, Hotel Booking
Skift is reporting that Amazon (AMZN) is poised to launch its own travel service, featuring booking at independent hotels and resorts near major cities. The initial rollout of Amazon Travel would feature a curated selection of hotels within a few hours’ drive from New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. The service will likely go live around January 1. […]
