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Reading Between The Lines

Reading Between The Lines

Crazy Times Remind Me of… There’s a common and disturbing thread behind these volatile economic times and its akin to inside investing. A little background… back in July, I stroked a post insinuating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s falling stock prices were the result of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) implementing an accounting standard that required mortgage loans ...

Jeff Corbett | 2008/10/30  | 8 Comments Economy

What Turns Your Dial?

What Turns Your Dial?

Fear Starts Out Simple The emotion of fear is a gradient scale that starts at simple, garden variety “worry”, at the lowest level and goes up to a high level of terror.  At the highest levels of fear the body will literally shut down.   The emotion of fear is built-in to the body from a long time back as a ...

Russell Shaw | 2008/10/01  | 7 Comments Economy

Reading Between The Lines

Reading Between The Lines

Crazy Times Remind Me of… There’s a common and disturbing thread behind these volatile economic times and its akin to inside investing. A little background… back in July, I stroked a post insinuating that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s falling stock prices were the result of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) implementing an accounting standard that required mortgage loans ...

Jeff Corbett | 2008/10/30  | 8 Comments Economy

What Turns Your Dial?

What Turns Your Dial?

Fear Starts Out Simple The emotion of fear is a gradient scale that starts at simple, garden variety “worry”, at the lowest level and goes up to a high level of terror.  At the highest levels of fear the body will literally shut down.   The emotion of fear is built-in to the body from a long time back as a ...

Russell Shaw | 2008/10/01  | 7 Comments Economy