Fewer and fewer investors are participating in the stock market after $395 billion more dollars have left equity mutual funds than have gone in (below) since the summer of 2008 to the present (data source: ICI ).
NY stock exchange volume h ...
Tag: economic data
Blog Post - February 16th, 2012
Blog Post - February 13th, 2012
During July of last year we went though the details about the manipulation of the rate of unemployment. We showed how the decrease in the quantity of the people considered “in the labor force” leads to a lower rate of unemployed than is in fact ...
Feature - September 21st, 2011
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ~Albert Einstein
Why is it that so often the numbers reported in the business headlines of the day don’t seem to jibe with the reality of our own lives and our own businesses? The answer ...
All terms: Current Analysis, economic data, Government, Political Economy, statistics, Unemployment
Blog Post - June 7th, 2011
This week’s New Yorker Financial Page features a topic that WealthCycles.com is undoubtedly passionate about—the evolution of financial and economic data. From the dark days of the Great Depression, when a “computer” was a person whose job was to ca ...
All terms: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI, economic data, Government, Great Depression, US Economy
Blog Post - May 20th, 2011
The most recent Consumer Price Index report shows overall inflation up just 0.4 % in April, a report that is good news for the U.S. Federal Reserve and very bad news for consumers and taxpayers.
Good news because the 0.4% figure is in line with the ...
Blog Post - April 5th, 2011
Today, our kind neighbors at GoldSilver.com (our sister company) have provided us with a video that shows a few of the economic indicators we use and how they should be interpreted. These videos are normally reserved for their Insiders, but they are ...
Blog Post - October 20th, 2010
Today is World Statistics Day —a day where we celebrate the statistics of the world.
"The celebration of the World Statistics Day will acknowledge the service provided by the global statistical system at national and international level, and ho ...
All terms: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CP-Lie, CPI, economic data, Free Market, Government, statistics, US Economy