No one goes into Walmart (WMT) and asks to pay extra sales tax. Thus sales taxes are reasonable barometers for retail sales. This week we look at how taxes are doing in a period of economic recovery.

The pink slips have been handed out, the severance checks cashed, and the farewell drinks consumed. Everyone has offered their condolences to those who were let go, yet you’re still here, reeli

As far as I can tell, I haven't yet posted about the use of Bollinger bands in conjunction with a rate of change (ROC) indicator to identify volatility breakouts. In summarizing the action in the VIX

Everything we know about classic economic theory suggests the US economy should be experiencing Zimbabwe-like hyperinflation right now, thanks to the nearly $2.2 trillion the US Federal Reserve has p

Commercial real-estate vacancies hit nearly 25% in the Phoenix Valley area. Scottsdale and Southeast Valley vacancies are even higher. Consider Office vacancy rates in Valley hit record.  

The big debate is always between the voracious bears and the raging bulls and about the future direction of the stock market. The bears are convinced the market is going to plunge, while the bulls be

Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992), Austrian economist, author and 1974 Nobel Prize-winner for Economics wrote: “With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governme

There’s been a heated debate in the financial press regarding the prospects for hyperinflation or deflation, with most pundits usually siding strongly with one camp or the other. Nowhere has th

Australian economist Steve Keen is one of the very few who have called this economic crisis correctly. What distinguishes Keen is that his economic forecasts are based on levels of debt and changes i

Minyan Morning MemoOne to watch: Sara Lee (SLE) shares are in retreat after the supermarket staple reported a fiscal fourth quarter shortfall of $14 million. While the narrower loss ex-items act