Author: Andrew Horowitz

Links and Reading for February 2nd

Some of the more interesting and important items for February 2nd :

Obama Budget Seeks $1.9 Trillion Tax Rise on Richest, Business – Bloomberg.com – The Obama administration seeks a $970 billion tax increase over the next decade on Americans earning more than $200,000 and wants to take in an additional...

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Construction Spending – The Dip Is Here

There has been little talk of the need for the real estate and construction outlook to improve in order to lead this economy out of a stalled recovery. In other words, a few months ago as there were “green shoots”   showing an increase in pending home sale, new mortgage...

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Links and Reading for February 1st

Some of the more interesting and important items for February 1st :

Federal budget calls for tax hikes – Uh… no kidding…
War of Words Between Apple and Adobe Heats Up – Ipad flash – Nasty words between the A teams

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ISM Manufacturing: Inflationary Signs

ISM Manufacturing provided some additional clarification about Friday’s whopping GDP number. It shows that manufacturing has geared up as they see a light at the end of the dark tunnel. The consumer will have tonow… well, consume or this will turn to a 2H 2010 double dip   may occur...

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Consumption and Income – Better and Worse for Investors

A load of economic numbers were reported on this the first day of the new month. Depending on how you look at the results, will also depend on if you find them encouraging or not.

The spending component came in lower than expected. This could continue to put a damper on...

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