Articles by Steven Hansen
Weekly Review: Obama's and Romney's Magic Economic Pills
10/19/2012, 8:50 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you, don’t do anything at all, go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall – Jefferson Airplane, White... Read >>
Weekly Review: Nasty Trade Data Showing A March Towards Recession
10/12/2012, 9:35 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
One does not have to cherry pick the data right now to make a case the economy is sucking swamp water. One the other hand, there remains no smoking gun showing the economy has slipped... Read >>
Weekly Review: Employment is Screwing Up the Economy
10/5/2012, 9:47 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Over last weekend Econintersect issued its October 2012 economic index. The October index value had dropped precipitously - the largest one month drop since January 2009. However... Read >>
Weekly Review: 1 million Holiday Jobs Coming
9/28/2012, 10:50 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Next week, the BLS will issue the Jobs Report - the last one before the usual holiday hiring season begins. Jobs growth is seasonal - and most are so attuned to the seasonally adjusted... Read >>
Weekly Review: Falling Gasoline Sales a Recession Marker?
9/21/2012, 10:44 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
There are enough analysts believing the USA is in, or about to be in, a recession – that one needs to be in a higher alert status for signs. These informed opinions need to be taken... Read >>
Weekly Review: Is Joe Sixpack Better Off Today than 4 Years Ago?
9/14/2012, 11:24 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Unless one is off the grid, political ads resonate through the media. The one issue on which the two political camps disagree is whether the voters are better off than they were when the... Read >>
Weekly Review: Does Employment Really Lag Economic Growth?
9/7/2012, 11:14 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
It is easy to start blaming poor economic conditions for the poor jobs growth. But what if the poor economic conditions were caused by poor jobs growth? Consider that the widely used... Read >>
Weekly Review: Recession Myth Gone With This Weeks Data
8/31/2012, 10:01 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
The amount of economic data and analysis is overwhelming. One must pre-decide what is important, and not important. Even with automation where human minds do not touch the data -... Read >>
Weekly Review: High Unemployment Probable
8/24/2012, 9:35 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
This has been robot week, seemingly precipitated by a New York Times article Skilled Work, Without the Worker . Rapid improvement in vision and touch technologies is putting a wide... Read >>
Weekly Review: Beware Money Market Mutual Funds?
8/17/2012, 9:01 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
I really have two focus discussions this week and will start with the headline topic. Most of us have a few coins parked in our brokerage account – and usually this money is swept into a... Read >>