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Entries from March 2008

THE FALL OF BEAR STEARNS AND THE LESSONS LEARNED

March 31st, 2008 · 4 Comments

When a catastrophic event occurs that affects our economy in general and the stock market in particular, the Blue Collar Investor must do more than just stare in amazement. We must analyze what happened and why and then extract any and all lessons that may assist our investment decisions in the future. The circumstance I [...]

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Tags: Economic Indicators · Economy · Uncategorized

RECESSION AND STAGFLATION- How do we respond?

March 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

You can’t open a financial newspaper or watch a financial program without hearing the latest buzz-words recession and stagflation. There has been much banter lately as to whether or not we are in a recession, approaching one or simply in an economic slowdown. I just love it when the experts can’t agree with each other [...]

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Tags: Economic Indicators · Economy · Stock Splits · Uncategorized