Business & Economics

The extremely low interest rates we have these days in the U.S., Europe and Japan are part of the continuing effort by central banks to avo...

I finally read Atlas Shrugged.  It was a good read.  I wanted to see how the story came out.  I liked the protagonists, but they were a lit...

   The stock market is not off to a great start so far, but one month does not make a trend.  The prognosticators I trust say the future loo...

Stock Market      December is always (with very few exceptions) a good month for the stock market.  Next month might not be as good (but yo...

[The following are hypothetical opinions of imaginary characters, for your amusement.]                “With all your prating about democr...

                Although our current political scene is the cause of much despair for many, one can visualize it as (hopefully) a temporary...

                Pressure from shareholders seeking dividends and capital gains is a potentially troublesome thing that seems to be at the h...