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It's Amazing What 12 Months and a Bottomless Checkbook Can Do

Economic Outlook
September 08, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

Ok, so it was two days earlier on the 21st, actually, that the Treasury Department announced a temporary guarantee for the U.S. money market mutual fund industry

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Bravo, Mr. President

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September 01, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

Last week's decision by President Obama to stand by Ben Bernanke for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman was a brilliant move.

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Think Globally, Act For Your Consumer Base!

Economic Outlook
August 25, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

We've all been through our ups and downs - emotionally, financially, even literally.

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Nuggets of the Future

Economic Outlook
August 18, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

When making a point of view heard, one wants to stand out from the crowd with an original perspective or conclusion that is justified by the facts.

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Death to Fannie and Freddie!

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August 11, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

In the old days, friends and relatives were allowed to pay the debts of others to keep them from the gallows pole, but today we must all pay for our own sins.

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Deserted Islands, GDP and Joe Friday

Economic Outlook
August 04, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

There's an old economist joke about three men stranded on an island with nothing but canned beans to eat.

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Halftime?

Economic Outlook
July 28, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

Though all our "pains" are surely not behind us, it could be that we are standing in the middle of this life of economic collapse.

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Feeling the Elbow

Economic Outlook
July 21, 2009 Posted by Joe Morgan, CFA

There is a time for temperance and a time for tolerance.