Submitted by Businomics Blog
Even with the economy turning down, employee retention is important. The cost of hiring, training, and supervising new employees is substantial. If a person leaves before the company recoups all of these costs, then turnover is a significant cost. It’s only going to get worse in the coming decade, […]

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Submitted by The Capital Spectator
The repricing of risk in the capital and commodity markets may be intimidating, but it’s a natural, recurring process, and one that often brings fresh opportunity (along with new and so perhaps unexpected risks) for strategic-minded investors.
Periodic rebalancing as a general rule is a good idea, perhaps more so than […]

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Submitted by Econbrowser
Just an anecdote, but an interesting one.
From SFGate.com (via Calculated Risk):

One Oakland woman, who asked not to be identified, explained how she exaggerated her income– with encouragement from her mortgage broker– when she refinanced her home.
“He didn’t say anything illegal out loud,” she said. “He didn’t say ‘lie,’ he just made a […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
In a classic, satirical anti-protectionism essay by French economist Bastiat, French candlemakers’ in 1845 petitioned against “the ruinous competition of a rival who apparently works under conditions so far superior to our own for the production of light that he is flooding the domestic market with it at an incredibly low price; […]

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Submitted by Businomics Blog
I wouldn’t normally look to a comedian for economic commentary, but Drew Carey combines an interview with economist Michael Cox with some eye-opening interviews with . . . maybe they were fat cats or maybe the middle class.

Watch the video (from Reason.tv) and see for yourself. (Hat tip to Russ Roberts.)
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Submitted by A Dash of Insight
We have talked with many investors to complement our daily monitoring of media treatment of markets. It is pretty obvious that we have a significant downtrend, based upon a fear that things will get much worse. Each piece of news about problems gets a lot of attention. Any company that […]

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Submitted by A Dash of Insight
Jeff is on the road, so I will provide the weekly update. Jeff will comment more upon his return.
~ Renae
UPDATE: An advantage of having a good team is that one can travel and take vacations without worry that the strategy is implemented properly. Like anyone managing investments, […]

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