17 Oct 2014

Posted at 14:30h in The Friday Brief by
With all the flashing lights, colorful charts, complicated lingo, computers, algorithms, and statistics associated with the stock and bond markets, it's pretty easy to think of them as logical, efficient, monolithic machines. But nothing could be further from the truth.

26 Jul 2013

Posted at 17:05h in Blogs by
It's time for another edition of the Beacon Weekend Reader.  We hope you enjoy our latest installment of interesting articles and videos designed to keep you informed and engaged in the areas of economics, personal finance and life. Please send us your thoughts on this week's articles and suggestions for future posts.  Have a great weekend!

27 May 2005

Posted at 16:06h in The Friday Brief by
The economy is neither too hot nor too cold, according to the government’s announced revision yesterday of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product.  Continued steady consumer spending and a narrowing trade deficit prompted the government to raise its estimate of the economy’s first quarter growth from 3.1% to 3.5%, which exceeds the ten-year average of 3.3%.  Many had feared that higher energy prices would dampen consumer spending more dramatically than it has so far.  Offsetting the higher costs have been wages and salaries.  They expanded considerably more in the final quarter of 2004 than the government first reported.