“Inspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color; hold away despair.”- Grateful DeadThere are moments in life you never forget; sometimes they arrive rather unexpectedl

1. Banks Go for Broke......and They're Almost ThereA game of chicken. That's really what it's come down to for banks. Listening in on the Pulte Homes (PHM) conference call this morning, Richard J. Du

There has been a lot of debate lately as to whether proposals such as health-care reform will turn America into a socialist state.Considering what I’ve learned in 35 years working for nonprofit

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high-level financial positions wit

Photo by Andrzej Grygiel/AFP/Getty Images “U2 were never dumb in business,” Bono told music journalist Michka Assayas in the book Bono. “We don’t

Dr. Pangloss, the effervescent optimist in Voltaire’s novel Candide, may have kindred spirits at the National Association for Business Economics.The Washington, DC-based trade group representin

On the day Springsteen turned 60 maybe the market was bound, and Born, to Run out of gas. Stocks, up immediately after the Fed’s interest rate announcement, abruptly turned tail to slip for the

Calculated Risk has an interesting chart and discussion on the unemployment rate and Fed rate hikes.  Unless inflation picks up significantly (unlikely in the near term with so much slack in

If you have a job and it’s not in jeopardy, pull out the party hat and toot your horn. The OECD calls an end to the global recession.  “The global downturn was effectively declare

At the height of the financial crisis last fall, federal regulators sent billions of dollars to banks they deemed too big to fail. One year later, the biggest of those banks are even bigger. With fed