Submitted by Businomics Blog
In December 2004, Business Week magazine published a special report on The China Price:
They are the three scariest words in U.S. industry. Cut your price at least 30% or lose your customers. Nearly every manufacturer is vulnerable — from furniture to networking gear. The result: A massive shift in economic power is […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM

Harvard professor Martin Feldstein, writing in today’s WSJ:
The principle cause for concern today is the paralysis of the credit markets. Credit is always key to the expansion of the economy. The collapse of confidence in credit markets is now preventing that necessary extension of credit. The decline of credit creation includes not […]

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Submitted by The Capital Spectator
Anyone who thinks inflation isn’t a problem isn’t looking at the numbers. It’s not a huge problem, it’s not a catastrophic problem. But it’s a problem, and it requires attention. Left untended, it’ll only get worse. And once the public thinks it’s destined to get worse, the Federal Reserve’s looking at […]

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Submitted by Econbrowser
Crude oil reached a record high on Tuesday, and there’s an embarrassing oversupply of theories to explain why.

Some opine that the oil market is still on edge over Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’ decision to cut off sales of crude, gasoline, and diesel to ExxonMobil. But this is old news, and I thought the […]

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Submitted by A Dash of Insight
It is difficult to beat the market.  Individual investors who try to do so have, on average, results that are decidedly inferior.  And not just by a little.  It is more like half of the market return.  They try to time the market using all of the wrong methods.  They […]

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