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Category Archives: The Economy
1st Annual Outdoor Fest: Creating your Own Economy Case Study
Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking a lot about creating, stimulating, or otherwise improving your personal economy. We even launched the August Financial Excellence Challenge to encourage our audience to take specific measures toward improving their own personal … Continue reading
Improve Your Individual Economy: Take the August Financial Excellence Challenge
Join the forum discussion on this post Rebuilding the Economy Starts with You. Hey everyone, As I mentioned in this week’s podcast (episode 71), I’m tired of waiting on the government to fix the economy or create jobs. As far … Continue reading
071 Financial Excellence: Creating your Own Economy; Social Media Tips
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Join the forum discussion on this postEpisode 71: Creating Your Own Economy and Social Media Tips for Small Business; Aug 2, 2011. Today we split the show with two unrelated topics. I don’t like to do that very often but … Continue reading
070 Financial Excellence: Refusing to Participate in the Recession
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Join the forum discussion on this postEpisode 70: Refusing to Participate in the Recession: Dave Ramsey and the Great Recovery; July 26, 2011. Dave Ramsey has initiated what he is calling the Great Recovery. It’s not about promoting Dave or … Continue reading
The economic worst may still be yet to come.
I found this video on Lou Scatigna’s blog at www.thefinancialphysician.com. It’s a pretty good explanation of our current economic situation and what’s likely to come. Republicans want to cut spending, Democrats want to increase taxes, and neither is going to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Government, The Economy, Video Posts
Tagged economics, inflation, recession, stagflation
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Will the Real Inflation Please Step Forward?
You can’t go anywhere today without thinking about the rising costs of gas and food. It’s tempting to say that the rate of inflation is starting to rise as you feel the pain at the pump and in the checkout … Continue reading
Posted in Personal finance, Politics & Government, The Economy
Tagged consumer prices, economics, gas prices, inflation, politics
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Why you Shouldn’t Listen to Economists’ Predictions When Investing
Many of you know I’m back in school studying for an M.B.A. One of the core classes for the degree is economics, which I’m taking right now. I learned something the other day in economics class about some common fallacies … Continue reading
Posted in Building Wealth, Personal finance, The Economy
Tagged economist, economy, forecast, future, Investing, politics, prediction
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Congressional Debate over Budget Cuts is Irrelevant
There’s a lot of debate going on in Congress about the federal budget and the cuts we need to make in spending. Republicans keep asking for larger cuts, and the Democrats (grudgingly) concede. Sounds like we’re making progress on being … Continue reading
Posted in Politics & Government, The Economy
Tagged budget, deficit, federal budget, government, politics
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Friday Money Funnies: Wish I Was an Economist at CNBC
Funny clip from the Jon Stewart Show blasting CNBC’s predictions on the economy’s outlook. It’s pretty funny, but sadly this extends to a lot more than just CNBC. There only two jobs in the world where you can be wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged bad economy, CNBC, Daily Show, economic downturn, economist, economy, financial advice, Jon Stewart
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U.S. Car Sales Down 21% in August (And That’s Good!)
I couldn’t help but comment on this one. The big headline this week is that auto sales in the U.S. are down 21% compared to August of last year. Sounds like a reason to panic, doesn’t it? Well I’m not … Continue reading
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Tagged August 2010 Auto sales down, auto industry, auto sales, car industry, car purchases, consumer spending, detroit, economy, recession, US auto sales
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