I just finished watching the movie Source Code and have to say that it is the first movie in quite a long time to have such a profound impact on me. I’ll be the first to admit that I live for movies and music and that I am a deeply emotional person, but the storyline and concept of Source Code [...]

The older I get, the less I understand the actions of those around me. Perhaps that is why I chose Economics as my course of study in college, to better understand why people make the decisions they do. Unfortunately for the law of economics, I have come to a conclusion that goes against every economic theory in existence… people DO [...]

This is no surprise to me that the national unemployment rate rose to 9.2% in the latest numbers released today. I have not been drinking the economic recovery kool-aid and I really don’t see the worst being behind us in terms of economic suffering. This increase in unemployment is only the first indicator of a sour economy continuing to drag [...]

This past week on Wall Street was something extraordinary. The biggest one week gain in two years came amid disappointing consumer sentiment, rising oil prices and decent earnings announcements. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved up 5.4% last week, which is astonishing and leads me to wonder where the market will go from here. The summer is typically a pretty [...]