Jobs in the USA
The US Economy Surges Ahead While Cyprus is a Political Issue
CymorFund Stock Picks – What’s-Hot-or-Not In February 2013, we started suggesting stocks that were undervalued and had a strong upside potential. Most of our early picks were in the junior resource sector, and in spite of a horrific downturn in this sector, we are proud that our picks in this very short time, have preformed [...]
Fiscal Cliff Nonsense Abates and Economy Continues to Improve
A Sense of Drama Stuck between a hard place and a rock, the Republicans finally relented and an agreement concerning the Fiscal Cliff was reached. The issue seems to have been a holdover from the sudden rise of the Tea Party, which during the last administration promoted a nonsensical pledge among Republicans to never agree [...]
How False Economic Signals Confuse Investors
Employment Numbers are Still Difficult U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: U.S. Unemployment rises slightly to 7.9 Percent in October, U.S. total non-farm payroll employment increased by 171,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent and the number of unemployed persons (12.3 million) were essentially unchanged in October, following declines in [...]
Productivity in the USA is Increasing – Dramatically
Cheap energy is the key to productivity. Where the cost of energy is lower, productivity is greater. This is true worldwide. We begin by looking at energy costs and production in the USA. The Presidential Debate – Candidates Agree on Gas & Oil Last night the third and final debate between Romney and Obama took [...]
USA Leads the Way in World Recovery – here’s why !
News Media have to Fill Space & Get Attention – Gloom & Doom Gets Attention In the midst of an overload of information, it is important to step back, silence the rhetoric and gain a wider perspective of the economy. CymorFund has frequently discussed how the economy has cycles of activity. Each cycle starts anew [...]
Politics and Economics are Never Far Apart – The Strength of the USA Economy
Sept 24, 2012 The Telegraph Beijing hints at a bond attack on Japan A senior adviser to the Chinese government has called for an attack on the Japanese bond market to precipitate a funding crisis and bring the country to its knees, unless Tokyo reverses its decision to nationalize the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the [...]
Milton Friedman Video From 1977 – Part II – The Hidden Cost that Hurts Us.
How Politicians Can Cause Another Great Depression Our last blog referred to Milton Friedman’s caution about what caused the 1933 World Wide depression, and compared it to the debate being carried on now. This is a continuation of those comments. In his classic video from 1977, Milton Friedman delivers a 52-minute lecture at Utah State [...]
Milton Friedman – How Politicians Can Cause Another Great Depression
The US Debate over Quantitative Easing We have an interesting debate going on in the US Presidential campaign. On one side are people claiming that government handouts are ruining America and the government must immediately stop incurring debt, and go to a balanced budget. On the other other side are people claiming that the economy [...]
Optimism Returns – Economic Doom & Gloom is Lessening
The Negative Daily News Daily we are bombarded with news of European Debt Crises, of China Slowdowns, of USA housing and job numbers. Everything seems so negative. Yet when one takes a larger view of what is happening around us, it is obvious that the next cycle is starting, and we are pulling out of [...]
US Unemployment Numbers Mislead and Distort. Rate fell from 9.9 to 8.1. Good News
A Commentary from a Major Brokerage Firm On May 5, the following report was issued. One should never put too much weight on any one month of employment data. These figures are subject to revision, and further revision. However, the recent employment reports have painted a consistent story. This was an unusually mild winter. As [...]
Seasonality and the Stumbling Stock Market
The Stock Market is Stumbling Today There has been somewhat of a meltdown in the markets this week. Both yesterday and today, saw major losses in the TSXV and in commodities. A wave of gloom and doom is spreading across the industry. The Seasonality of the Market Most securities professionals understand that historical trends have [...]
Is Oil Overvalued? Could the USA become Energy Sufficient?
The Amount of Oil Used by North America In a recent blog, I talked about how shale gas is changing North America’s energy needs, and how that could change the way that the world works. The effect is starting to be felt. A quote from “MISH’S Global Economic Trend Analysis” Another Plunge in 3-Month Rolling [...]
Political Correctness – Dealing with the Barney Frank’s of Finance (Cont’d)
Continued from Blogs of January 26 & 29, 2012 Dealing with the debt problem means firstly understanding the economic powerhouse that is the USA. The US $ remains the world’s currency and is accepted universally. Fixing the US $ is PRIORITY #1. In the previous blogs, we discussed – Bringing government expenditures under control – [...]
Dealing With the Debt Problem – The US$ Remains the World’s Currency – Some Simple Steps
How to Deal with the Debt Problem Dealing with the debt problem means firstly understanding the economic powerhouse that is the USA. The US$ remains the world’s currency and is accepted universally. Other currencies float in relation to the US$. Stability and a return to currencies floating within expected ranges vis-a-vis the US$, brings a [...]
Economic News Continues Positive
Golden Cross Technical Analysts rely on historical comparisons to determine their view of what the Charts Say. One of the strongest indicators watched is when Moving Averages (MA) cross each other. A shorter term moving average crossing a longer term moving average is considered a strong indicator. A Golden Cross is when a 50 day [...]
The US Debt Crisis v European Debt. An optimistic view
The Uncertainty in the US v Europe We hear daily about the crisis faced in the world markets as a result of the 27 European nations failing to reach an accord in how to debt with overwhelming debt levels in many member states. So much so that the failure of the Super Committee in the [...]
How The World is Changing its Views on Debt
In our last blog, we discussed a taxi driver in Detroit with a broken meter running on fumes. We used this example to illutrate a changing world. The Super Committee That is Intended to Bridge the Gap Between Democrats and Republicans There is a committee made up of equal numbers of elected Republicans and Democrats [...]
A Changing Financial Landscape in the USA and in the World
I recently returned from visiting Detroit, Michigan. Detroit always seems to be a bit of a signpost for me. It seems to portray a minor microcosm of what is happening across the USA. Detroit Today What used to be referred to as “Motor City”, is now in the process of demolishing homes in the hopes [...]
The Real Opportunity to Gain Wealth
A Fair Amount of Economic Warnings Being Sounded Today Recently there has been a lot written about the mounting amount of debt in Western and Japanese economies. California has just again taken emergency steps. Republicans are faulting President Obama with mounting deficits (although it was a Republican administration that started this unprecedented amount of money [...]
