Articles by Steven Hansen
Weekly Review: Political Arguments Will Not Solve the Debt Crisis
8/10/2012, 11:02 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Here we go again. Election season is here and all we hear is how the incumbent or the challenger is off base and leading the U.S. to disaster. The two biggest campaign talking... Read >>
Weekly Review: Joe Sixpack Likely Is Hunkering Down
8/3/2012, 9:57 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
This past week we analyzed the latest BEA release on personal income and expenditure. The bottom line was Joe's income was up, his spending was down. Joe seems to be ... Read >>
Weekly Review: Economic Rollercoaster Continues, Should I Scream?
7/27/2012, 9:49 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
This is the time of the month that Econintersect begins to prepare their economic forecast for August 2012. Sitting here working on the forecast and listening to CNBC in the... Read >>
Weekly Review: Cliffs, Nightmares, and Hidden Taxes
7/20/2012, 9:16 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy, Taxes
While watching Chairman Bernanke weave and bob in front of Congress this past week, I started to ponder what he said: The U.S. economy has continued to recover, but economic activity ... Read >>
Weekly Review: Is Inflation Killing Consumption?
7/13/2012, 10:44 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Based on comments on my last post , that there are misconceptions about consumer spending patterns and the effects of price increases. Consider several potential effects caused by price... Read >>
Weekly Review: Joe Sixpack is Returning to Consumption
7/6/2012, 6:30 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
The New York Times this week posted Consumers Unlikely to Rekindle the Recovery . To “prove” their point they presented three nasty but unfortunately correct graphics. ... Read >>
Weekly Review: April 2012 the Start of the European Recession?
6/29/2012, 2:17 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
One of my favorite tools for monitoring the health of an economy is imports. Imports naturally increase when the economy expands, and contracts as the economy recesses. ... Read >>
Weekly Review: Joe Sixpack's Recession - Encore
6/22/2012, 6:40 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Last week I presented a picture of Joe’s portion of the economy being in a recession. Richjoy403 wondered: ….. do you suppose there could be relevant factors affecting Joe’s ‘world’... Read >>
Weekly Review: Joe Sixpack's Economy Is Already in a Recession
6/15/2012, 4:30 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy, Earnings
It comes as no surprise to me that many believe we are in a recession. Joe Sixpack’s portion of the economy sucks (e.g. not good, for those who are uncertain what “sucks” means). The metric... Read >>
Weekly Review: Will the European Recession be Coming to America?
6/8/2012, 2:27 am from Steven Hansen in Investing, Economy
Recently, John Hussman’s weekly market comment implied a USA recession was likely to be triggered by the Eurozone recession. ……the argument from Wall Street is that despite clear evidence of... Read >>