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Aren't ALL Presidents' Reports "Too Rosy" when issued?

Posted by Andrew at 2/27/2009 10:38 AM | Add Comment

AIG back for more and the "N" word keeps things interesting!

Posted by Andrew at 2/24/2009 6:03 AM | Add Comment

She's HEERRE!!! Clinton in Beijing!

Posted by Andrew at 2/21/2009 9:22 AM | Add Comment

California HAS a Budget!!! and Obama in Canada!

Posted by Andrew at 2/20/2009 5:31 AM | Add Comment

Snorkeling at Alta - Skiing Powder SO Deep ...!

Posted by Andrew at 2/19/2009 4:50 AM | Add Comment

Warren Buffett has made some interesting changes!

Posted by Andrew at 2/18/2009 8:19 AM | Add Comment

California is about out for the count! ... Almost!

Posted by Andrew at 2/17/2009 7:42 PM | Add Comment

NBA ALL Star Game - T'was everywhere it seemed!

Posted by Andrew at 2/17/2009 5:09 AM | Add Comment

DISCONNECT?!!? Oil from Gas prices?!

Posted by Andrew at 2/12/2009 1:00 AM | Add Comment

Sunsets and FUN! Pictures

Posted by Andrew at 1/11/2009 10:23 PM | Add Comment

Congressional Budget Office Real GDP gap graph

Posted by Andrew at 1/9/2009 6:26 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The NEXT shoe? Commercial MBS - wonkish!

Posted by Andrew at 1/5/2009 8:26 PM | Add Comment

Profiting from the Financial Crisis - The 1990s Revisited!

Posted by Andrew at 12/29/2008 1:24 PM | Add Comment

Fake "Ink-jet" currency!

Posted by Andrew at 12/27/2008 6:55 PM | Add Comment

DUMP!!! Laughing - the snow's a dumpin'!

Posted by Andrew at 12/27/2008 6:14 PM | Add Comment

Still snowing at Alta!!! Very Big Grin!

Posted by Andrew at 12/26/2008 7:52 AM | Add Comment

Bloomberg.com: Milton Friedman is rolling in his grave

Posted by Andrew at 12/24/2008 4:08 PM | Add Comment

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Posted by Andrew at 12/24/2008 1:30 PM | Add Comment

Stanley Fischer is interviewed - Ben's Ph.D. advisor

Posted by Andrew at 12/22/2008 6:42 AM | Add Comment

To the U.S.A. for Spring Festival!!

Posted by Andrew at 12/20/2008 6:32 AM | Add Comment

Personal Income by State - Graph from BEA (wonkish)

Posted by Andrew at 12/19/2008 6:03 AM | Add Comment

CPI Falls by a Record Amount!! "-1.7%"

Posted by Andrew at 12/18/2008 7:36 AM | Add Comment

It's a New World!! Fed Cuts Interest Rates to ZERO! (or so)

Posted by Andrew at 12/17/2008 6:35 AM | Add Comment

Avalanche at Snowbird, Utah - Don't Be Fooled!

Posted by Andrew at 12/15/2008 8:41 AM | Add Comment

Companies Interest Rates continue to Increase

Posted by Andrew at 12/14/2008 3:49 PM | Add Comment

CDS - Credit Default Swaps, a little primer

Posted by Andrew at 12/11/2008 8:03 AM | Add Comment

U. S. Treasury Bills have a NEGATIVE YIELD (You have to PAY to invest in them)!!

Posted by Andrew at 12/10/2008 4:07 PM | Add Comment

Whistler/Blackcomb "Peak 2 Peak" Gondola

Posted by Andrew at 12/9/2008 6:11 AM | Add Comment

SNOW IN COLORADO!!!

Posted by Andrew at 12/3/2008 5:54 AM | Add Comment

Trying to stay out of Gloom and Doom, BUT ...

Posted by Andrew at 11/30/2008 6:01 PM | Add Comment

WOW - so here's where the money's gone SO FAR!!!

Posted by Andrew at 11/26/2008 9:33 PM | Add Comment

Briefly the $800 Billion Announced Tuesday

Posted by Andrew at 11/26/2008 8:59 PM | Add Comment

Recovery to last Monday morning's level! Whew! Volatility!!!

Posted by Andrew at 11/25/2008 7:16 AM | Add Comment

Short-term Interest rates are basically ZERO!

Posted by Andrew at 11/23/2008 8:40 PM | Add Comment

Gas prices continue to fall!

Posted by Andrew at 11/23/2008 5:26 PM | Add Comment

Timothy Geithner moves the markets!

Posted by Andrew at 11/22/2008 8:43 PM | Add Comment

Yes the bottom has not arrived - sigh ...

Posted by Andrew at 11/21/2008 8:03 AM | Add Comment

More Volatility, "Chump" at Treasury and Investment Opportunities!

Posted by Andrew at 11/15/2008 6:31 AM | Add Comment

Whiplash! The Stock Markets!

Posted by Andrew at 11/14/2008 5:57 AM | Add Comment

Mortgages entanglement - How to modify?

Posted by Andrew at 11/13/2008 6:25 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Government Borrowing - "Treasuries"

Posted by Andrew at 11/11/2008 5:23 AM | Add Comment

Revisions to Unemployment Explained

Posted by Andrew at 11/9/2008 5:43 PM | Add Comment

U-1 through U-6: Grading of Unemployment

Posted by Andrew at 11/8/2008 8:12 AM | Add Comment

14 year low for Jobs data and rant about reporters!

Posted by Andrew at 11/8/2008 6:38 AM | Add Comment

A NEW Hurricane?!! Paloma!

Posted by Andrew at 11/7/2008 7:45 AM | Add Comment

Alta is FINALLY getting some SNOW!

Posted by Andrew at 11/6/2008 6:23 AM | Add Comment

VOTED FOR SURE NOW!

Posted by Andrew at 11/4/2008 10:39 AM | Add Comment

3rd Quarter ADVANCE GDP estimates

Posted by Andrew at 10/31/2008 5:28 AM | Add Comment

College Costs are rising only at inflation rates

Posted by Andrew at 10/30/2008 6:00 AM | Add Comment

FED ACTS! FF rate down to 1% again! REAL GDP tomorrow!

Posted by Andrew at 10/30/2008 5:01 AM | Add Comment

Stocks are Volatile! "New" Market?

Posted by Andrew at 10/24/2008 5:30 AM | Add Comment

Fuel Gauge Report - update (National Average)

Posted by Andrew at 10/23/2008 6:51 PM | Add Comment

The Dollar is SOARING!!!

Posted by Andrew at 10/23/2008 6:54 AM | Add Comment

Stock Market responds again! On Earnings ...

Posted by Andrew at 10/23/2008 6:16 AM | Add Comment

My Ballot - it's in the mail!! - Uh Oh!

Posted by Andrew at 10/16/2008 6:48 AM | Add Comment

The Plan (expected)

Posted by Andrew at 10/14/2008 3:08 PM | Add Comment

The U.S. will be Investing in Banks

Posted by Andrew at 10/12/2008 11:19 AM | Add Comment

Graphs of the Stock Market for Perspective

Posted by Andrew at 10/11/2008 6:24 AM | Add Comment

Quickies ... Ballot update and air quality numbers

Posted by Andrew at 10/10/2008 6:17 AM | Add Comment

First Prize for Michael

Posted by Andrew at 10/9/2008 9:08 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Consumers Stopped Borrowing in August

Posted by Andrew at 10/8/2008 4:58 AM | Add Comment

Ben's still working overtime!! (He dropped out of the political discussions, however.)

Posted by Andrew at 9/30/2008 7:22 AM | Add Comment

Basic "Rescue" Plan - late post, eh?!

Posted by Andrew at 9/29/2008 6:56 AM | Add Comment

Where have all the BANKS gone, long time passing ... graph!

Posted by Andrew at 9/28/2008 10:09 AM | Add Comment

A.I.G. (American Insurance Group) and the reason for the loan

Posted by Andrew at 9/28/2008 6:15 AM | Add Comment

Applied for my Overseas Absentee Ballot

Posted by Andrew at 9/26/2008 2:17 PM | Add Comment

The Tough Issue = What ARE these made of???

Posted by Andrew at 9/26/2008 5:27 AM | Add Comment

Still no POWER???!!!!

Posted by Andrew at 9/25/2008 10:48 AM | Add Comment

P.S. (post script for Ike)

Posted by Andrew at 9/20/2008 10:30 AM | Add Comment

Hurricane Ike and Sinlaku still over Japan! oh an Hagupit!

Posted by Andrew at 9/19/2008 5:57 AM | Add Comment

A phone call on my mobile FROM THE USA!

Posted by Andrew at 9/17/2008 6:01 AM | Add Comment

Not a free fall!

Posted by Andrew at 9/16/2008 5:10 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

News - the dollar, oil and China's growth after the Olympics

Posted by Andrew at 9/3/2008 6:08 AM | Add Comment

Gustav, Hanna and Ike - at the same time!

Posted by Andrew at 9/2/2008 6:39 AM | Add Comment

P.S. - Bags made it alright!

Posted by Andrew at 8/25/2008 4:56 AM | Add Comment

Leaving on a Jet Plane!

Posted by Andrew at 8/23/2008 1:31 AM | Add Comment

European Economies Suffering more than the U.S.?!!?

Posted by Andrew at 8/16/2008 9:11 PM | Add Comment

Home town Iowa

Posted by Andrew at 8/15/2008 9:46 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Central City, Iowa

Posted by Andrew at 8/14/2008 10:48 PM | Add Comment

Woodward, Iowa

Posted by Andrew at 8/13/2008 12:05 AM | Add Comment

On the Road Again!

Posted by Andrew at 8/12/2008 1:35 AM | Add Comment

Goin' thru Montana

Posted by Andrew at 7/30/2008 10:03 PM | Add Comment

Ready, I believe!! grin

Posted by Andrew at 6/30/2008 1:05 PM | Add Comment

Adjusted! ?

Posted by Andrew at 6/29/2008 11:13 AM | Add Comment

READY - SET - GO!!!

Posted by Andrew at 6/16/2008 12:18 PM | Add Comment

Flooding in my old home base of Iowa!

Posted by Andrew at 6/12/2008 7:58 AM | Add Comment

TAXES - NO, I am NOT LATE! grin

Posted by Andrew at 6/10/2008 9:30 AM | Add Comment

While I was sleeping, the markets were not happy!

Posted by Andrew at 6/7/2008 8:12 AM | Add Comment

The Space Station is getting much larger!

Posted by Andrew at 6/1/2008 7:47 AM | Add Comment

78% of Americans believe gas will be $5 in 2009!

Posted by Andrew at 5/31/2008 7:18 AM | Add Comment

Blame Wall Street for $135 Oil - from Bloomberg.com

Posted by Andrew at 5/24/2008 6:46 AM | Add Comment

"Core" Producer Prices rise more than forecast!

Posted by Andrew at 5/21/2008 7:29 AM | Add Comment

U.S. Economy: Consumer Confidence down, Housing to drop through 2009?!

Posted by Andrew at 5/18/2008 6:09 AM | Add Comment

No more fireworks from China for months?!?

Posted by Andrew at 5/18/2008 5:56 AM | Add Comment

NBA in China

Posted by Andrew at 5/13/2008 7:11 PM | Add Comment

The Chinese are establishing manufacturing plants in the U.S.A.!

Posted by Andrew at 5/11/2008 9:14 PM | Add Comment

48 days left!! Travel in China ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/9/2008 9:59 PM | Add Comment

The "R" word - do you FEEL it?? That's what matters ...

Posted by Andrew at 5/6/2008 9:20 PM | Add Comment

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - Interesting article in NY Times this AM

Posted by Andrew at 5/6/2008 9:14 PM | Add Comment

#5. Labor Picture - JOBS?

Posted by Andrew at 5/5/2008 5:55 AM | Add Comment
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