Posted on Thursday, 26th March 2009 by chrisjones
So yesterday I write a post about what’s going on in the economy, and why we’re in for more trouble, and how we get out of it, and today one of the web’s best blogs posts a shockingly similar set of ideas about how the economy is doing and what’s coming. All right, so he [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 25th March 2009 by chrisjones
There’s a poll on Ad Age’s website asking the question: Is Now the Time to Consider a Media Campaign to Get Consumers Spending Again? Not too surprisingly, since the poll is being held on an advertising website, the response is running heavily in favor of “yes”. But even if it weren’t, I think that would [...]
Tags: budgeting, Financial Defense, stimulus
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Posted on Thursday, 12th March 2009 by chrisjones
For those of you in Utah, there is a bill currently before the Utah House (has already passed the Senate) that would give a $6000 grant to anyone that purchases a new-built, never-occupied home. Restrictions (up to the moment): a. has to be a 30-year, fixed-rate loan b. borrower can’t make more than $75,000 a [...]
Tags: HomeRun, stimulus
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Posted on Wednesday, 18th February 2009 by chrisjones
We now have a “stimulus” package (I suspect that the word “stimulus” has been written more in the last year than in all of human history combined), and its impact has been to drop the stock market by 9% in the past week. The Obama people have gone out of their way to make sure [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 12th February 2009 by chrisjones
Most of you know there has been, for about 9 months, a $7500 tax credit for first-time homebuyers for anyone that buys a house from April 2008 to July 2009. The new “stimulus” package currently wending its way through Congress contains a modification of that credit. The Senate version of the bill had an increase [...]
Tags: markets, stimulus, tax credit
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