Archive for August, 2012

Does Our Favorite Uncle Have a Money-Out Issue or a Money-In Issue?

Dave Ramsey did another Neil Cavuto simulcast this a.m. — coupling his radio show with Cavuto’s TV show on Fox News. Dave and Neil talked about how Paul Ryan understands that we, as a country, have to cut spending. When your kid wants a new puppy and you don’t have […]

Life in the Little City and Papa John’s Couple’a Dimes

I’ve lived in SFCA for a long time. And during that time I’ve grown totally accustomed to seeing all sorts of people out and about who, all things being equal, really ought to be getting help somewhere other than in the general environs of public space. Call them what you […]

The Numb of the Moment: Slowed Growth vs. Stolen Money

Ahhh . . . I now vividly remember that, four years ago, I could not but help myself from reading a lot of politics, pretty much every day — just like how, ever since the Ryan VP pick bubbled up on the Twitter-machine last Saturday night, I’ve found myself pulled […]

The JFF Blog Q’nD Generic Answer Series re: Hanging on to Asset’y Liabilities

Here’s the setting: Fictional Terry is nearing retirement.  Fictional Terry has a mortgage and is wondering whether, given the lousy returns in the bond market these days, it makes sense for Fictional Terry to reduce Fictional Terry’s cash and/or sell some of Fictional Terry’s bond holdings to pay off Fictional […]

Today’s Jobs Numbs: Can We Handle the Nuance?

On the first Friday of every month, at 8:30 am East Coast Time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a bunch of numbers — no, let’s call that a trove of numbers —  about employment during the previous month. That bunch of numbers, via media echo-chamber, gets winnowed down to […]

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