All Posts Tagged With: "HAO"
(TM) U.S. Trade Deficit Falls, However…
The nation’s trade deficit fell in January to $37.3 billion from a downwardly revised $39.9 billion in December. It did so, however, for the “wrong reason.” We saw a bigger decline in imports, which dropped by $3.1 billion or 1.69% to $180.0 billion, than we...
11Mar2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(CHL) November Trade Deficit Deteriorates
The trade deficit for November widened to $36.4 billion from $33.2 billion in October. The October number was revised from $32.9 billion. However, we are still doing better on the trade deficit front than a year ago, when the gap was $43.2 billion. Last year, though, the trade...
12Jan2010 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(HAO) Spending Up, Savings Rates Down
In October, personal income rose by 0.2%, the fourth month in a row of increases. Disposable personal income, or income after taxes Incorporatedreased by 0.4% — also the fourth consecutive rise. This induced people to open up their wallets and spend. Personal consumption...
25Nov2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(EEM) Exponential Growth – Finite World
I want to talk about the challenge of exponential growth in a finite world. This is a concept that while on its surface seems easy to get, most people don’t fully grasp it. Any growth rate that is positive will lead to a doubling in size eventually — the higher the growth...
20Nov2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(WMT) China’s Economy Booming Again
The World Bank now estimates that China will grow 8.4% in 2009, up from its June forecast of 7.2% growth. Like the U.S., China embarked on a large fiscal stimulus program, one that relative to the size of its economy is more than three times as large as the American Reinvestment...
4Nov2009 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(GS) Five Ways to Play Emerging Market ETFs
Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research Crises have a way of overturning the established order. And as the recent G20 meeting in my native Pittsburgh reminded me, the continuing financial and economic crisis is no exception. The very fact that the group has expanded from the...
21Oct2009 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued