Los Angeles Home Prices: You Are OK If …
If you bought a home in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, do you have a profit or a loss? If you bought before April 2004 then you probably have a profit. The average buyer who …
Phoenix Home Prices: You Are In the Black If …
If you bought a home in the Phoenix metropolitan area, do you have a profit or a loss? If you bought before January 2005 then you probably have a profit. The average buyer who purchased …
European Economic Outlook 2008: The Economic Weather Map
The Financial Times has a cool “weather map” of the European economy. Read the article for some commentary. My takeaway: not much spillover from U.S. problems to the Continent. Spain’s difficulties are due to its …
Housing Bill Will Not Help Housing Market
The Housing Bill going through Congress will not solve the nation’s housing problem. Congress would like to help homeowners who are overextended, as well as prospective home buyers. By extension, they want to help home-builders …
Oil Production Increasing Again
Oil production rose briskly from 2002 through 2004, before appearing to hit a peak in 2005. That peak fueled more discussion of peak oil theory. However, rising prices have induced additional supply: Since last August, …
Stock Market: Time to Buy?
I blogged on this subject over at abcInvesting.com.
Middle Class in Emerging Countries: How to Win the Market
Knowledge @ Wharton has an interesting article about the growing middle class in emerging countries. If you sell overseas, or you could sell overseas, make sure you’re up to date on the trend, described in …
The Future of Securitization: Caveat Emptor
Ethan Penner has an interesting article in today’s Wall Street Journal (available for free I think on their Opinion Journal page) on the future of securitization. I discussed the same topic in part 5 of …
Customer Relations Lesson: Meet With the Critics
Relationships between a company and its customers are not always pleasant. Who hasn’t cursed Microsoft, griped about oil companies, are ranted about cell phone customer-no-service? Customers, however, do need kind attention. Here’s an example of …
Sales Force Activity in a Down Market: Interview with Lynn Giuliani
I interviewed Lynn Giuliani for the Businomics Audio Magazine about keeping your sales force energized when business is down and they are getting discouraged. Lynn’s a sales consultant who helps companies develop their people into …
Innovation by Collaborating with Your Customers
Last year the business strategy segment of the Businomics Audio Magazine featured a segment on “Business Uses for Web 2.0: How Companies Can Help Their Customers and Their Employees While Cutting Costs” (Transcript available for …
Investment Returns June 2008: There Is No Present Tense
Jim Picerno over at Capital Spectator has asset class returns for June: I find that looking at the past helps me to understand . . . the past. I can also say that my own …