Year: 2010

Sunday Fun: Ashton Kutcher Inroduces Twooter (SNL)

Ashton Kutcher, for whatever you may think about him, is a pretty good marketer. He has 4,601,726 Twitter followers and counting…

If you want to follow him too,   here is the link:   http://twitter.com/APlusK

Anyway, here is a funny SNL spoof…

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Income and Spending – How is This Going to Work?

Generally, the trend continues to show a bounce off of the lows for most economic series. Year over year Income has been ticking up, but we are seeing a slight move lower for spending. More importantly, the monthly series is showing just the opposite. Spending is starting to rise with...

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Auto Sales – Ford (F) is Eating Toyota’s Lunch

Year over Year, auto sales are looking good. Most of this is due to the comparison off of a low base. I other words, we are looking at the data from some of the worst times of 2009 and comparing it to those of today. While this is a good...

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Retail Sales – Tell Me This is Bad… I Dare You!

Retails sales provided a pleasant surprise in the face of some ugly employment numbers. In fact, what we saw was nothing short of excellent, even coming off of a low base.

The fact is that the the consumer is not dead… at least no one has told them yet….

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Initial Claims – Rise of the Machines

Initial Claims are ticking up again. Continuing claim (the real number) is also moving higher. Those trends will likely trend in this direction for some time…

What is most noticeable is the productivity numbers that provides insight into what is happening in the world. Technology is now the clear replacement for...

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