Economic Indicators

February 23, 2007

• Foreclosures Rising—2006 Foreclosure Statistics
• Worst U.S. Cities—10 Real Estate Markets to Avoid
• Korea & Syria Diversify Away From U.S. Dollar

February 8, 2007

• 52% of West Coast Residents Fear Housing Price Collapse

January 31, 2007

• Kuwait May Dump the Dollar to Protect Its Economy

January 23, 2007

• Could the Euro Replace the Dollar as the World's Reserve Currency?

December 19, 2006

• Advisors expect double-digit growth in hedge funds & alternative assets

December 18, 2006

• U.S. Mint Forbids Melting Pennies & Nickels

November 28, 2006

• Wal-Mart to Open Hundreds of Stores in India

November 20, 2006

• Business Owners Pay 54.3% Percent of all Income Taxes

November 4, 2006

• Does Walmart—the World's Largest Private Employer—Deserve Its "Bad" Reputation?

October 28, 2006

• Top 10 Foreclosure Markets
• Top 10 Best Cities (and Worst Cities) to Buy Real Estate

October 19, 2006

• Japan's Money Management Industry Growing–Mutual Fund Assets on Verge of Boom

October 6, 2006

• Congress Indirectly Bans Online Gambling By Targeting Payment Processors

September 27, 2006

• Internet Advertising Revenue Up 37%, Hits Record $8 Billion

September 16, 2006

• Bilingual Babies: Mandarin Speaking Au Pairs from China in High Demand

August 27, 2006

• Americans spend more time online than in front of TV

August 20, 2006

• Shortage of nickel due to surging demand from China

August 5, 2006

• Morgan Stanley to invest one billion dollars in Indian real estate

August 3, 2006

• China’s energy consumption & peak oil

August 2, 2006

• China uses half the world’s cement and 40% of the world’s steel

July 20, 2006

• Chinese Economy Grew 11.3% last quarter

July 9, 2006

• Atlanta is home to fastest growing millionaire population

July 8, 2006

• Bit Torrent gets 35% of all internet traffic

July 6, 2006

• No more pennies–or nickels?

July 1, 2006

• Hedge funds go mainstream - Morningstar puts hedge fund data online

June 28, 2006

• IRS Will Refund $15 Billion to Taxpayers for Illegally Taxing Long Distance Services

June 25, 2006

• World millionaires hit 8.7 million, according to World Wealth Report

June 21, 2006

• Senate Votes Against Minimum Wage Increase

June 16, 2006

• Minimum Wage Set to Increase in 2007

June 12, 2006

• China Won't Make Yuan Fully Convertible; Fears Hedge Funds

June 4, 2006

• Hedge Fund Law Changing? ECB says hedge funds are major risk

May 21, 2006

• The Root Cause of Illegal Immigration: The Minimum Wage Law
• Google has 47.4% of search traffic market

May 15, 2006

• Free long distance phone calls from Skype

May 14, 2006

• Dubai is world's fastest growing city and hottest real estate market

May 13, 2006

• China increasing its stockpile of minerals and natural resources

May 12, 2006

• Online Sales Increasing, $172 billion sold in 2005

May 10, 2006

• Gold Hits $705 (New 25-Year High), Fed Increases Rates Again

May 5, 2006

• Manipulating the Masses–Be Wary of Government Statistics

May 4, 2006

• George Soros Predicts a U.S. Recession in 2007
• Rising Bond Yields May Hurt Stocks

May 1, 2006

• China: The Next Economic Superpower–demand for oil and raw materials

April 21, 2006

• Gasoline hits $4.50 a gallon in Brooklyn
• Foreign Direct Investment, Inflation & Declining Dollar

April 20, 2006

• Baltimore Real Estate Overvalued According to BankRate.com

April 11, 2006

• Strong Wage & Productivity Growth in China

April 10, 2006

• Oil $14 higher in 2010–China's demand for oil

April 7, 2006

• Mortgage Rates Hit 2.5 year high

April 6, 2006

• Gold Hits $600 an ounce, gas and oil prices rise

April 5, 2006

• Hottest Real Estate Markets

March 30, 2006

• Money Supply Growth & GDP

March 29, 2006

• Economic Indicators & U.S. Debt
• Mortgage Loans For Illegal Aliens?
• Support for War in Iraq Decreasing

March 24, 2006

• Inverted Yield Curve: Recession Approaching?
• Savings Rates Hit 72 Year Low
• Rising Number of Foreclosures
• Customer Satisfaction Higher for Online Retailers

March 23, 2006

• Gold Hits 25-Year High