Southern California home prices and sales improve in November
The Los Angeles Times reported today that the number of homes sold in Southern Californa and the Median home price of homes sold in Southern California rose in November. Click the graphic to the left to view the entire December 16th, 2009 Los Angeles Times article.
Latin America ready to rebound
A United Nations commission predicts solid economic growth for Brazil and the rest of the Latin American region in 2010. Click the photo to the left to read the entire December 11th, 2009, Los Angeles Times article.
Productivity surges, job growth should follow
The Labor Department said on Thursday that productivity surged at a 9.5 percent annual rate, the quickest pace since the third quarter of 2003, as companies squeezed more output from a smaller pool of labor to hold the line on costs. “We expect the pace of efficiency gains will soon begin to fade,” said Michelle Read more ➝
Insider Sell-Offs
The October 26th, 2009 issue of Business Week reports of an increase in insider selling of stock. “We’ve never seen a market bottom when there weren’t significant levels of insider buys, and we’ve never seen a top without significant selling”. Click the photo to the left to view the entire article on businessweek.com.
Home prices in major cities continue to climb
Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index rises 1% in August from July in its third consecutive monthly gain. Click photo to read the entire October 28, 2009 Los Angeles Times article.
Fed Survey finds ‘Modest improvements’ in Economy
The latest Beige Book report from the Federal Reserve shows ‘modest improvements’ in the economy. Accounts from across the Federal Reserve system “indicate either stabilization or modest improvements in many sectors since the last report” the beige book said, “albeit from depressed levels.” Click the photo to the left to view the entire article from Read more ➝
Lake Tahoe Flume Trail
Lake Tahoe has got to be one of the most beautiful places on earth and I appreciate each time I have the opportunity to visit. This week I was fortunate enough to spend three days mountain biking some of Tahoe’s best mountain bike trails with my good friends Tim, Kevin and Grant. The first two days were Read more ➝
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
As a child I spent a lot of time with my family enjoying camping and day trips to the White Mountains and Sedona areas of Northern Arizona. When I moved to California, I sought out something similar and was told to visit Yosemite. I will never forget the first time I came through the tunnel Read more ➝
The Machismo and Marianismo Tango
Our good friend, long time client and clinical psychologist Dr. David Sequeira recently published, The Machismo and Marianismo Tango, a dissertation that was originally accepted by his dean with the proviso that it not be published. Dr. Sequeira tells us, the dean, “did not like what I had written”. Click on the photo at right Read more ➝
