By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Let me make a bold statement. The most powerful force in the World is the American Consumer. Anyone in business or politics who overlooks this fact is a fool – soon to part ways from their money.
The American consumer is rich (in aggregate and relative terms), rational, informed and competent. The […]
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Yesterday I read a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, written by Stanford Economist Michael Boskin, with great interest.
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121728762442091427-lMyQjAxMDI4MTI3OTIyODk3Wj.html
I appreciate his valuable analysis, and his willingness to speak out against the tax-related costs of the Obama economic policies, but I also have a strong impression that he could have (and should have) been more […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
When more than 75% of the likely American voters polled want to see increased drilling and exploration now, why are the Democrats more entrenched than ever in their posture against domestic oil development?
The answer appears to be for two reasons. First, the Democratic lead in key swing states which will be most […]
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Posted in Kenneth D. Gartrell, Political on Jul 26th, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Does anyone know or think Barack Obama honored the French national Anthem? Did he sing it in French? Here is an English translation to contemplate. It offers quite a bit of political insight. It would be interesting to know what Obama honors about the French. When Bonaparte devised and […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
James writes:
Something needs to change with Social Security, especially coming from a person in their 20s. What is the government going to do when these 20 year olds are ready to retire and collect the benefits they are paid for the last three decades? The government keeps promising funds to persons, but […]
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Posted in Economics, Securities, Accounting, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Corporate Control, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Investor Behavior, Investor Opportunities, Political on Jul 24th, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Radical left political claims about the current level of oil prices place the blame on two things. First, it blames global consumers for profligate wasteful life-styles and second, it blames irrational speculators. Regardless of these claims, the single largest element of today’s price is the political cost of the global […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
An Obamadox is a paradox in Barack Obama’s economic thinking. From time to time, we will pick up the paradoxes raised by others on political grounds and delve into the questions in terms of the emerging picture of Barack Obama’s economic thought.
A recent article attached below points out that the Castro Regime […]
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Posted in Economics, Securities, Taxes, Accounting, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Executive Compensation and Change, Troubled Organizations, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Education, Political on Jul 20th, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
A very unattractive feature of the US Socialist left is its penchant for calling everyone else a liar. But, the biggest lie of all is called Social Security and it is a fiction of the left.
Did you know that there is no such thing as a Social Security Trust Fund? […]
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Posted in Economics, Securities, Taxes, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Troubled Organizations, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Investor Behavior, Investor Opportunities, Political on Jul 19th, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Drill here; drill now. We can drill our way to prosperity. Necessity is the mother of invention — of this there is no doubt. Where is Ronald Reagan when we need him? The vision is the thing! Try this one!
While the US economy is racked with deflation in housing, […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Today’s Washington Post carries a shocking article about the growth in the powers of the Federal Reserve System. This trend is real, but not new. The Fed began injecting itself in overall economic activity with a unilateral assault on the NASDAQ under Greenspan in 1999. Those efforts to squeeze liquidity from the […]
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