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This listing is not rated yet.   Rate it!  |  Report it! Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog http://investing.curiouscatblog.net/ Focused on economics, investing and financial literacy. One aim is to to help regular readers become more knowledgeable about these important areas to aid their ability to manage their personal finances and to better understand the economy. Category: Directory » Business Blogs » Investing Hits: 5 Date added: 2007-05-28 14:02:48 Alexa traffic rank: 94,369

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Gas Price Actually Reducing Driving
You might think that increased gas prices lead to less driving, but historically that has not been the case. Gas demand is very inelastic (or gas prices are very elastic): which means demand changes very little as prices increase. How much has consumption actually decreased in the face of huge... Read more...
Published 16 hours ago

Continued Credit Card Company Customer Dis-Service
As the credit card companies continue to prove they are not interested in providing value to the customer and making a fair profit from the value they provide. Instead they attempt to do whatever they can to get money from customers. I would guess because they can get more from careless... Read more...
Published 5 days ago

Fed Funds Rate Changes Dont Indicate Mortgage Rate Changes
The recent drastic reductions again emphasize (once again) that changes in the federal funds rate are not correlated with changes in the 30 year fixed mortgage rate. In the last 4 months the discount rate has been reduced nearly 200 basis points, while 30 year fixed mortgage rates have fallen 18... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Traveling To Avoid USA Health Care Costs
More who need major surgery are leaving U.S. Americans are going overseas for increasingly complex surgeries. In addition, more patients seem willing to accept that quality of care in some foreign hospitals may be the same or higher as that found on U.S. soil, at a fraction of the cost. …... Read more...
Published 7 days ago

Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve in Ohio
The Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve in Ohio is quite a nice short hike. Photos by John Hunter. If anyone knows what the green beetle is please add a comment. I visited the preserve last year. Other sites from the trip include: Rocky Gap State Park, Maryland and Coopers Rock State Forest,... Read more...
Published 1 week ago

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting 2008
Every year at the Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger provide great insights on investing and the economy. Here are some thought from today - Buffett to investors: Think small “We would be very happy if we earned 10%, pre-tax” on the additions to Berkshire’s... Read more...
Published 1 week ago

Some Movement on Regulating Credit Cards Companies
Regulators zero in on credit card reform On Thursday, the Office of Thrift Supervision, responsible for overseeing the nation’s savings and loans, endorsed a seven-point plan to tackle “unfair” and “deceptive” practices by companies that issue credit cards. The plan... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Food Price Inflation is Quite High
At work people have been talking about the increasing prices of food and the price increases sure are noticeable to me. With the exception of gas, I have not heard discussion of inflation outside of a classroom, maybe ever, I can’t recall hearing it anyway. Egg prices are up 35 percent,... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Bond Yeilds 2005-2008
From January 2005 to July 2007 the Federal Funds Rate was steadily increased. The rate was held for a year. Since then the rate has been decreasing (dramatically, recently). As you can see from the chart, 10 year bond yields have been much less variable. The chart also shows 10 year corporate... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Housing Prices Post Record Declines
Housing prices posted large declines over the last year. One important thing to keep in mind when looking at the recent results is how rare significant declines in housing prices have been. In general housing prices decline very little (less than 10% drops and normally less than 5%). Normally... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago