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PunditMom’s Monday Morning Quick Hits — Economy & More
Another weekend, another bailout. Did you see this one coming with Citigroup? Barack Obama’s economic team gets announced today at noon. Howard Kurtz apparently has a thing for Michelle Obama’s arms. You thought I was crazy raising the specter …
Continue reading...Hangin’ with the MOMocrats!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Looking for me? I’m over at MOMocrats today with some thoughts on the Big Three automakers. Can you say ‘stupid and shortsighted?’ Yeah, I said it — stupidity and shortsightedness. What else can you say about companies who have put …
Continue reading...PunditMom Says Go Read This: Will Democrats Kill Your 401(k)?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The short answer is, “NO!” Karoli at Bang the Drum has written a great post on why you shouldn’t listen to this line from the GOP: … if you follow news about 401k plans, you might find some pretty scary …
Continue reading...I’m Up, I’m Down. Where are You?
Friday, October 17, 2008
No, I’m not talking about the big 5-0 this week. I’m talking about the stock market, my blood pressure and now the heartburn I’m feeling over where we are in this crazy, messed up economic world we’re living in. …
Continue reading...Would the Economy be Different if They Had Listened to "The Girl?"
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Even though I worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission for a number of years, trying to explain things like derivatives was never my strong suit. I got the whole concept of futures trading when I took my Agricultural Law …
Continue reading...Barbarians, Masters & Thieves
Friday, October 10, 2008
Over the summer, I took eight-year-old PunditGirl to see the Meet Kit, American Girl movie. For the uninitiated, Kit is the Depression-era girl whose dad loses his job, moves away to look for work and the family ends up …
Continue reading...What Are Those "Swingers" Talking About?
Friday, October 10, 2008
In every presidential election year, some swing states stay the same, but new ones seem to crop up, depending on how the whole electoral map plays out. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida are always reliably in the mix. This year there …
Continue reading...What’s a Half a Billion Among Friends?
Monday, October 6, 2008
As I am sitting here working on other things, I have CNN on with the Congressional testimony of Richard Fuld, the CEO of bankrupt Lehman Brothers CEO — the man who was at the helm when yet another house …
Continue reading...Is Treasury Letting the Fox Into the Henhouse?
Monday, October 6, 2008
If you thought you could exhale after Congress finally passed that little bail-out plan last week, you might want to reconsider. Aside from the fact that the stock market fell below 10,000 this morning for the first time since 2004, …
Continue reading...Don’t Take That Tone With ME, Miss Nancy Pelosi!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
It’s not often that I’m surprised at what comes out of politicians’ mouths. But when House Minority Leader John Boehner and his crew started whining like a bunch of petulant children about how things were going on the economic bail-out …
Continue reading...BREAKING NEWS: Economic Bail-Out Bill Fails
Monday, September 29, 2008
Congress has failed to pass the economic bail-out/recovery bill, 227-206, and has moved on to other business for the day. What happens now? Friday it was Washington Mutual. Today, Wachovia. And now, banks around the world are having issues. …
Continue reading...Is $100,000 Enough?
Monday, September 29, 2008
Mr. PunditMom thinks I’m crazy. OK, on certain things, that’s not news. But he is shaking his head about why I’m looking into moving my savings account money from the bank where we have our separate and joint accounts. Since …
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