The chorus of “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”, music by John Kellette, and lyrics by James Kendis, James Brockman, and Nat Vincent, first performed on Broadway in 1918 (That’s r

In what should be no surprise, banks are cutting back on small business loans. Please consider CNN Money's Small business loans: $10 billion evaporates.  Eight months after President Obama bega

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What’s a Fed to do? We get talk about tightening and taking away the easy credit, but we got the fourth largest monetization on record last week. This week we examine the elements of deflation,

I first wrote about the Muddle-Through Economy in 2002, and the term has more or less become a theme I've returned to from time to time. In 2007 I wrote that we would indeed get back to a Muddle-Thro

Jim Otar doesn't much care what you think. As the Canadian financial adviser likes to say in his eastern-Balkan accent, “You can't please everyone. I'm 58 years old. I'm deep in the ‘Gree

Major markets hit fresh highs for the year yesterday, even as events over Colorado illustrated gravity can’t be kept at bay indefinitely. A point emphasized by Southwest Airlines' (LUV) 5.68% p

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Tombstones were a lot more fun prior to the nineteenth century. Many of them contained epitaphs in addition to dates and names. For example:Here lies my poor wife, much lamented,She is happy and I am

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