Gracie University
Gracie University is the online division of the Gracie Academy. The Gracie Academy based in Torrance, California is the U.S. home of the Gracie style of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu. Gracie University is run by the two […]
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Gracie University is the online division of the Gracie Academy. The Gracie Academy based in Torrance, California is the U.S. home of the Gracie style of Brazilian Ju-Jitsu. Gracie University is run by the two […]
Read moreLast month JP Morgan released the report of a task force set up to explore the huge trading losses suffered last year in its CIO group. The facts, in brief, appear to be as follows: […]
Read moreFourth quarter United States GDP contracted by about $5 billion dollars, which is 0.1 percent negative growth annualized. This is after 3.1 percent growth in the third quarter which was the strongest quarter in 2013. […]
Read moreIn early 2007, before the financial crisis hit, author Naseem Taleb published his best-selling book “The Black Swan” in which he argued that extreme events occur more frequently than most of us are trained to […]
Read moreForbes recently ran an article by William Baldwin titled “Do You Live in a Death Spiral State?” In the article, Baldwin calls states with declining economies Death Spiral States. (Confession: I really wish I’d come […]
Read moreCalifornia has almost achieved zero population growth. According to the California Department of Finance (DOF), California’s population has stagnated at sub-one-percent rates for an unprecedented seven consecutive years. The slow growth was a result of […]
Read moreMorningstar has published a research report that purports to show that a properly constructed financial plan can generate a meaningful increase in lifetime retirement spending. The value added from a plan is referred to as […]
Read moreThis is a comment on the national November Employment Situation report released last Friday, and I use numbers from the report to calculate when the United States might reach the Federal Reserve unemployment rate goal […]
Read moreA central concept in Modern Macroeconomic theory is that capital stock will be accumulated through the process of saving for the future. A new country, starting with a low capital level, will accumulate capital for […]
Read moreActor, economist, humorist Ben Stein has written an innovative book1 on financial planning. Instead of telling you what you should do to improve your financial position, Ben tells you 49 things you can do to […]
Read moreT. Boone Pickens is famous as an oilman, corporate raider and energy investor. He is also a graduate of Oklahoma State University (OSU) and an avid supporter of the University and its athletic programs. Reportedly, […]
Read moreThe advance estimate of U.S. third quarter GDP was released this morning, indicating that the economy grew at 2 percent. Third quarter growth was driven by private consumption and government defense consumption. Investment expenditures were […]
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