Monthly Archives: January 2015

Investment and the Future

If you took economics in school, you might recall the role of Investment relative to its impact on growth and health of an economy. For brevity, go here to see how our Gross Domestic Product is measured relative to business invested capital. […]

January 30th, 2015|Consumer spending, GDP, Investment|2 Comments

Factoring

The main purpose of this post is to present the topic of “factoring” with some explanation relative to investing in stocks. Factoring is a means of translating receivables into cash whereby a company sells its receivables to a factor (usually a finance company) with or without recourse. To learn more, go here. […]

January 23rd, 2015|financing, Receivables|0 Comments

Topsy-Turvy Market

One meaning of topsy-turvy per Webster is “in great disorder or confusion.”

My personal view for the apparent confusion that presently drives the market way up one day and way down the next involves several factors: […]

January 15th, 2015|Balance Sheet, earnings, financial health|2 Comments

A Very Uplifting Video

This post is not about stock investing. I want to share a video with you that was shared with me today. It is very moving and an uplifting story of a man’s courage and of God’s power to rescue. […]

January 10th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

It was Dicken’s novel, A Tale of Two Cities, that started with the words, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times……” The expression seems fitting for our economic momentary backdrop. […]

January 3rd, 2015|Balance Sheet, financial health|2 Comments