Yesterday I blogged about US Unemployment and whether it was as bad an issue as I believe it’s being made out to be in the media. Today I’d like to take a closer look at the Jobs Report for March 2008 and focus on a breakdown of the data that is available on the Bureau [...]
Entries from April 2008
Are You Educating Your Kids? The US Jobs Report Says You Should!
April 8th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: 529 Plans · Jobs Report · Money Management · Personal Finance · Saving for College · Unemployment
Unemployment…How Bad Is It?
April 7th, 2008 3 Comments
This morning I went to work via the gym. I try to head there before work on Mon, Wed and Fri to take care of my physical well being. I’ve been getting a bit bored with the same run of country music on my iPod Shuffle so lately I’ve taken to loading podcasts on topics [...]
Tags: Canada · EU · Germany · Jobs Report · Money Management · Personal Finance · Spain · Unemployment · Unemployment Rate
Iran Wants OPEC to Stop Valuing Oil in US Dollars
April 6th, 2008 No Comments
I’m not clairvoyant, I swear. A couple days ago I shared my thoughts about the US Dollar. In the middle of that post I got off on a tangent about the price of oil, the fact that it is traded in US Dollars and that I believe the preservation of foreign wealth in a declining [...]
Tags: Iran · Money Management · Oil · OPEC · Personal Finance · US Dollar
The US Dollar
April 4th, 2008 1 Comment
The strength of the US Dollar, or rather the lack there of, is certainly not a new story, but rather one that has been gather steam for quite some time. I can remember when I bought my first Euro while on deployment in the Mediterranean in late 2002.
The Dollar and the Euro were at parity. [...]
Tags: British Pound · Currency Exchange · Dollar · Euro · Kmart · Money Management · Oil · Personal Finance
What Are You Going to do With Your Stimulus Check?
April 2nd, 2008 4 Comments
I can’t wait for my economic stimulus check. I’m not going to run out and spend it. Nope, not me. Remember, I’m the Money Earner, not the Money Spender on my team. I intend to sock it away in my money market account. I’m trying to kick off my investments in real estate, so the [...]
Tags: Money Management · Personal Finance · Stimulus check · Taxes · US Government

