FOMC minutes from 2006 shows that the Alan Greenspan chaired Fed was clueless, as their statements at the time implied. 2011 proves a tough year for investors.
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KPIG Radio – The Profit Motive January 9
Earnings season kicks off today. Real estate prices fall again as per CoreLogic. Q 4 Mall vacancy falls to 9.2%, construction hits a 31 year low, as per Reis.
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive January 3
Stocks and commodities jump to begin the year despite more saber rattling. ISM Manufacturing and Construction spending are better than expectations. Wither 2012
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive December 30
Stocks close out the year essentially even. Will the world end in 2012 or just the world as we know it? Time for a new direction in 2012!
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive December 21
Home salesgain 4% in November but prices fall again. The NAR releases its revised data, sales and inventory drop 14.3% from 2007 through 2010, they spin it.
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive November 29
Commodities brokers client funds not safe? CitiGroup faces trial, will the banksters finally get prosecuted? $700,000+ is not affordable housing, FHA thinks so.
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive November 28
Black Friday sales are a big hit, or are they? Mixed October new homes sales. Judge Jed Rakoff slaps Citigroup and the SEC and sets a trial date next summer.
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive November 14
Stocks kicked off the week in the red on continued Euro zone jitters though interest rate spreads did decrease somewhat over the weekend. That said a recent Fed paper put the risks of a new recession at 50% next year so there was plenty of news to spook the markets. Earnings season is just about [...]
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive November 4
October payrolls of +80,000 marks another weak month. The official unemployment rate slips to 9%. More evidence of our failed economic policies and leadership.
KPIG Radio / The Profit Motive November 1
The Greeks spook the markets again, Manufacturing and construction increase, deflation makes an appearance. MF Global loses 700 odd million in client funds.
Hi and welcome to The Profit Motive, I’m your host Caleb Lawrence. Once upon a time in America the media acted as the watchdog of the corporations and the state. In the modern era it’s all about ratings and profits, opinion has been substituted for news and frequently is presented as fact. 
