Happiness Quote of the Day: “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein Wuss’up This Week: Last week Fed Chairman Bernanke acknowledged in his press conference that the economy – like my diet – had hit a “soft patch,” and that he [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
Lying Quote of the Day: “The naked truth is better than the best dressed lie.” – Ann Landers Wuss’up Today: The Fed meeting adjourns with a 99.4% chance that Bernanke will keep the prime rate unchanged at 3.25%. Balancing out this meeting, there is a 0.06% chance that I will have a good hair day [...]
A Return to Normalcy
Normal Quote of the Day: “The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” – Joe Ancis (comedian) Wuss’up This Week: Got my son’s report card yesterday and it covered every possible grade on the scale (taking after me…I’m frightened for him). If this report card were a chart it would resemble [...]
For Those About to Rock…
Guitar Quote of the Day: “I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.” – Courtney Love Wuss’up This Week: Last week some weak employment reports pushed rates down slightly. Will rates stay low? That depends on today’s 10-year Treasury Note Auction. The last 10-year auction totaled $24 billion, [...]
Honesty is the Best Policy
Truth Quote of the Day: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” – Galileo Wuss’up This Week: Three reports come out this week about jobs (today’s ADP Employment report, tomorrow’s Weekly Jobless Claims, and Friday’s Employment report) Rates can jump up and down based on any [...]

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