Category Archives: Economy
Real Estate Key To Recovery
Many economists think that The Great Recession started in 2007 and ended in 2009, even if folks worldwide are still grappling with the fallout two whole years later. Believe it or not, the retail sector has reported the best earnings in all of three years for the holiday shopping season just past, yet houses continue [...]
Who’s Ready For A Market Bounce?
The S&P 500 peaked at 1363.61 back on April 29th, and since then, over $500 billion in market capitalization has been erased from U.S. stock market valuations. A disappointing May jobs report and continued apathy in housing are behind the market’s latest weakness, but when taken in total, we’ve simply been in a correction. Unfortunately [...]
The Resurgence Of US Industry
Industry in the US has been on the decline for decades. It seemed to everyone that the US would not be able to compete globally in these markets|industries do to the lower wages of foreign works and lack of regulations in third world countries. However, despite this the US manufacturing sector has risen for the [...]
The Events Industry Uncovered
A recent report by the Business Visits & Events Partnership states that the UK Events Industry is worth £36.1 billion. This figure outlines the sheer scale of the UK Events sector and the ever-growing recognition of the impact and importance of Events. Whether it’s corporate, social, private or public, an event is an experience; and [...]
Glass Half-Full: The Employment Picture
It’s now been 16 months since the Great Recession of 2008-9 ended, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Yet the majority of Americans remain unconvinced that things are getting better. The problem is that things are getting better – but only for certain people. The good news for investors is that we are [...]
Earnings In Full Gear
Stocks are pausing today, led by pullbacks in tech giants Apple and International Business Machines, whose earnings/guidance came in light of some expectations, even though for Apple the disappointment was only for iPad unit sales. Earnings season is in full swing and tech is by no means the only sector that’s coming up short for [...]
