Finance

ECONOMIC COMMENTARY: First Quarter 2012

By Fred Ruopp, Sr.

An economic commentary on First Quarter 2012 in U.S., International, Energy-Material, Commodity, Fixed Income and Equity Markets.

U.S. ECONOMY Read more »

Real Estate Investing 2012: What do the experts think?

By Ken Lambert

Great insight can be garnered through the following answers given by three real estate experts.  This includes Daryl Dahlen, a commercial loan broker at Global Solutions, Jeran Fraser, a real estate broker and investor from ReserveLand.com, and Richard Dale-Maseros, a real estate investor from Kudos Consulting. Read more »

Supreme Court restrains IRS in tax shelter case

(Reuters) - The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday (April 25, 2012) that the Internal Revenue Service took too much time to try to collect back taxes from a business in a tax shelter case, a decision with wider impact for dozens of related cases. Read more »

Real Estate Investing in 2012: Where to Invest?

By Ken Lambert

Real estate has taken a beating over the past four years; more so on the residential end of the market, but nonethless this fact is clear to all who have been paying even the slightest attention to the news.  Of course, “all real estate is local” and declaring nation-wide generalizations in the real estate industry is usually not accurate or relevant to each and every local community. Read more »

Will Your Children be Better Off than You?

By Ken Lambert

It has always been a staple of American society—and in societies of other nations—that people work for and hope that their children will “have more” than they had; that the next generation will have more opportunity, more security, and even more money than their parents.  That seems natural and fair enough. Read more »

Entrepreneurs: Pillars of America's Future Economic Success

By Tapan Munroe, Ph.D.

There are many paths to entrepreneurship. User-entrepreneurship is one of them. It is the path chosen by individuals who create products because they need them for their own use and start a business to commercialize their innovations. Read more »

Book Review: "The Pope and The CEO," written by a former Swiss Guard

By Thomas M. Loarie

Andreas Widmer, in his early 20s, spent two years protecting Blessed Pope John Paul II as a Pontifical Swiss Guard from 1986 to 1988. As a guard, he could not miss him as he saw and spent time with the Pope more times than he could count. And at 6-feet,9-inches tall, the Pope could not miss Andrew ("my tallest guard," said John Paul) either. After leaving the Vatican, Widmer moved to the U.S. Read more »

More Good News on the Economy

By Tapan Munroe, Ph.D.

Jobs are our most fundamental connection to the economy. They sustain our livelihood and economic well being. In America they define our social standing. They are also a very important determinant of our personal quality of life. Thus, it is not a surprise that I continue to emphasize new job creation in my economic writings and discussions. Read more »

Economics of Hope—2012

By Tapan Munroe, Ph.D.

The stock market roller coaster ride in 2011 did not fill me with much joy last year. If you invested your money in 2011, it was a year of living dangerously.

Neither did my joy last year originate from the things I possess.  Instead, it came from spending time with family and friends and sharing the holidays with them. Read more »

Is Silicon Valley’s Ecology of Innovation Sustainable?

By Tapan Munroe, Ph.D.

At last count, there were nearly 59 technology regions around the world that include the “Silicon” moniker including "Silicon Alley" in New York City, "Silicon Alps" in Austria, and "Silicon Wadi" in Israel.  It is absolutely the greatest brand name that any tech region can have in the world.  Undoubtedly this is a testimony to the decades of continuous innovation and prolonged success of Read more »

The Monumental Significance of "Caritas In Veritate" for Catholic Business Professionals

Without question, Caritas in veritate is one of the most important documents in this century, if not THE most important document.  Put simply, it is a clear, much-needed and timeless roadmap for human economic, social and political life.  From a purely business perspective, this document is a godsend.

Prudently and poignantly released on the eve of the G8 summit meeting, Pope B Read more »

Understanding the principles of Right Economic Order in St. Paul

  CLICK ON PHOTO to see video of talk on "St. Paul and the Principles of right Economic Order," which greatly clarify the Pope's newest encyclical. Talk by Fr. Read more »

Economy needs to recover ethics and the 'logic of giving,' Pope explains

Vatican City, July 8 (CNA) .- This morning in Rome, the Pope interrupted his series of teachings on the saints to explain the essential thoughts contained in his new social encyclical, published yesterday. In the face of the world's "vast and profound" problems, Benedict XVI stated that the world economy must recover ethical principles.

The encyclical, explained the Holy Father, highlights the fact that "charity in truth is the principal driving force behind the authentic development of every person and of all humanity. ... Read more »

Mon, May 21, 2012

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