Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Technology, tagged boic, exports, Gerbsman Partners, stagnation in economy on September 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The economy pulled out of a dangerous rough patch in the spring, thanks largely to strong exports, but the rebound isn’t expected to last. Economic slowdowns overseas could make exports tail off just as Americans are hunkering down after the bracing impact of rebate checks wanes, plunging the country into another rut later this year.
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Posted in Intellectual capital, Investments, Market research, Uncategorized, tagged Bob tillman, boic, Gerbsman Partners, stagnation in economy, Wall street journal on August 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The most painful and frustrating economic policy blunder of the past 50 years was the Great Inflation of the 1970s. Painful, because it was the catalyst for three damaging recessions (1973-75, 1980, 1981-82), all the while eroding living standards and seriously undermining confidence in America.
It was also deeply frustrating. Despite the teaching of Milton Friedman — which clearly explained that inflation was caused by too much money chasing too few goods — a combination of bad economic models, denial and political expediency allowed it to happen.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Intellectual capital, Market research, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, global economic downturn, global economy, House prices, Jobb loss, Robert Tillman, slumping economy, stagnation in economy on July 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
As automakers dropped their latest batch of awful sales numbers on the market on Tuesday, reinforcing the gloom spreading across the economy, the troubles confronting American workers seemed to intensify.
Plummeting home prices have in recent months eliminated jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, from bankers and real estate agents to construction workers and furniture manufacturers. Tighter lending standards imposed by banks in the wake of huge mortgage losses have made it hard for many Americans to secure credit — the lifeblood of expansion in recent years — crimping the appetite of consumers, whose spending amounts to 70 percent of the economy.
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Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, global economic downturn, lending crisis, Robert Tillman, stagnation in economy, venture financing on July 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest providers of funding for U.S. home mortgages, closed at their lowest levels since 1992 on concern the companies need to raise more capital amid larger-than-expected losses. Corporate “federal agency” debt obligations and mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the companies also plummeted relative to government debt as investors thinned positions, analysts said
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boic, Oil crisi, oil crisis, Robert Tillman, stagnation in economy on June 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Last Friday’s market rout in employment, oil, the dollar and stocks was not the end of the world, but it is a warning. The message is that the current Washington policy mix of easy money and Keynesian fiscal “stimulus” is taking us down the road to stagflation.
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