“What’s in your wallet” is the famous question posed by Capital One. U.S. consumer spending accounts for a significant portion of GDP. Weather has apparently soured our spending mood according to the economists reacting to the soft economic numbers in the first quarter, especially the recent low print on GDP. There seems to be universal… Continue reading By the Numbers: What Do They All Mean?
Tag: Eurozone
Why We Are More Constructive on Europe
It seems like just months ago we were watching scenes of protest and social unrest in cities like Athens and Rome. Many advisors and clients have vivid memories of the violent swings the market bore in the summer of 2011 as economies in Ireland, Italy, and Greece were on the verge of bankruptcy. With the… Continue reading Why We Are More Constructive on Europe
Change
“You can’t stop the future, you can’t rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret is to press play.” ~Jay Asher, The Thirteen Reasons Why Change continues to evolve around us. As we just celebrated the open house of our new office location, I am thinking back on the past 11 months of… Continue reading Change
I’m an Analyst, Not a Politician!
I think I’d rather watch old episodes of Star Trek than read or watch anything more on the Continuing Resolution (CR) impasse in congress. Oddly, it is the way the government was intended to function; nothing gets accomplished without some negotiation or compromise. What was intended to be a “balance of power” has more or… Continue reading I’m an Analyst, Not a Politician!