Perhaps it is easier than all this...

For a while now, I’ve suspected that this holiday season could be the beginning of a turning point in seeing our economy start to rebound, and from the sales figures that are starting to come out from this past weekend, that may just be the case.

Now don’t misunderstand me…1 good weekend does not an economic recovery make.

BUT…

It can signal that consumer confidence is on the rise, and that, as much as anything, can help get us going in the right direction again.  In this case, I’m not sure that I’d …

He can save us all!!

I was sitting in Wendy’s today, and as I sat there, a man dressed in a Captain America costume came in.  He was dressed head to toe…the torso part had the fake muscles and all…he was even carrying the shield…he was wearing a giant backpack…carrying a very large American flag, with 2 smaller flags flying from the top of his backpack.

He came in, sat his stuff down by a table, took off his mask, took part of the costume off, and got himself something to eat.

I thought it was odd, but then i …

Corporate Profits ‘Near-Historic’ In Second Quarter, Thanks To Cost-Cutting

The Huffington Post |  William Alden First Posted: 10- 4-10 09:07 AM   |   Updated: 10- 4-10 09:16 AM

…The robust state of corporate profits presents a paradox: companies won’t spend their money until the economy improves, but the economy won’t improve until they spend their money. An increase in hiring, for example, would help drive a recovery. The New York Times reports this “chicken-and-egg” phenomenon, noting that near-zero interest rates have encouraged companies to borrow money and simply hoard it because, as the NYT puts it, “they can.”…