I’ve been trying to make sense of all this political turmoil, from a non-economist view point. I started looking at the Dow Jones over it’s entire history, and tried to see if statistics/charts could help try and determine the point we really should be at. Right now we are looking at the disappearance of imaginary [...]
Archive for November 2008
Predicting the future with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
November 28, 2008The American Consumer–who knew that they were that important?
November 22, 2008As the world’s economy spirals down the bath drain, it is amazing to think that in these days of the global economy, how much the world relied on the American consumer. With that market failing, we are seeing a domino effect around the world. Where will it end–who knows. One thing that this whole issue [...]
Convenient Socialism
November 13, 2008So complete unfettered capitalism didn’t work out for the Americans. In their time of need they turn to the presidential candidate with the most socialist ideals (I’m not saying he’s a Socialist), probably the correct choice. Unfortunately they didn’t think of making that choice 4 years earlier when they were living the Republican high-life. “No [...]
Back to business
November 12, 2008Well after an October where I was in the UK for a week, Toronto for a week, and Boston for a week, I’m back in Ottawa and feeling like I missed two elections! Canada ended up right where we were before the election with many leaders failing to push forward their agenda, while our neighbours [...]
