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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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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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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Posted in Economics, Securities, Accounting, Kenneth D. Gartrell, Business, Finance, Corporate Control, Troubled Organizations, Stock Market, Market Efficiency, Investor Behavior, Investor Opportunities, Political on Jul 3rd, 2008
By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
A recent New York Times article raised issues about the application of market valuation rules to the investments in mortgage debt securities by major financial companies such as Citigroup, Bank of America and Wachovia. The article highlights efforts by managers of the companies to partially offload some of their current market […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
On Greta Vansustern’s FOX News evening show on the 24th of June, the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, said that on June 30th, just 6 days hence, the price of oil would fall because that was the day that the US Government would cease to purchase oil for the strategic petroleum […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
One of the most remarkable aspects of the present climate for oil prices is the extent to which public policy makers and political pundits are ignorant of and therefore able to demagogue an otherwise understandable economic question and confound issues to the point where it is political uncertainty more than anything […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
China and India have been blamed by many politicians and pundits for the recent rises in oil prices. Simple economic analysis makes it clear that there cannot be such an impact. It is vitally important to a correct economic analysis that the analyst adopt an “ex ante” perspective. “Ex […]
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By: Kenneth D. Gartrell
Law firms, which optimize their practices between size and leverage, appear at first blush to be the most profitable. Are they also the most interesting places to work, with the most attractive career potential for entering associates who have high value added skills and degree combinations that can engender innovation, profit […]
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