Much has been made of the inflation vs. deflation debate as of late, but at the end of the day neither will be seem important if investors have no confidence in our economy. If you want the markets to be stronger, then you have to project strength and not weakness.  Read More
Medical professionals should be aware of a scam currently being perpetrated by unethical merchant account providers. Outbound calls are being placed to medical practices accepting credit cards claiming that they must reprogram their credit card terminal to be HIPAA compliant. Read More
Small business owners discuss how they were able to use zero percent financing to manage their cash flow while adopting Small Business Network solutions from Cisco. Read More
With the Fed in meetings the next two days, and fears of heavier inflation much greater than ever before, Bernanke and company find themselves in a very difficult spot and will have to tip toe around inflation fears and focus on their bigger fears of deflation. Read More
As always, "Cash is King" and Ron McNutt has written a humorous yet excellent post on how to get the cash flowing IN to your business. Read More
Louis Licata has shelved plans to hire three more employees for his Cleveland law firm. Jeannie Macone, of Florida, is cutting back on inventory for her trinket and home décor business. In Ohio, Patrick Allen has slashed employee travel and begun paying cash for work dinners with clients of the marketing firm that he started from scratch. Read More
The BRIC ETF (EEB) and the US dollar have an inverse relationship; that is when the dollar is going down, the BRIC ETF is going up and vice versa. So it makes sense that some of the BRIC countries would like us to have a weak dollar. But yet we always hea r that China is concerned about our weak dollar? What gives? What do they want from the doll Read More
Persuasive reading on why mobile banking/payments and the technologies that support them will continue to grow. I'm not a banker, or credit union, but I read Jim Bruene's work for the insights that it gives me to other industries. And if "banking" doesn't touch your industry, I don't know what you do. Read More
The article discusses the issues with newly proposed regulation for financial markets. It lists the possible implications of mistakes regarding new regulation, and cites past instances that support its claims. Read More
Why do I believe that the dollar is in a bear market rally right now that will turn downard within the next couple of hundred pips or so on the U.S. Dollar Index? A few reasons...the technicals show a downtrend, plus the sentiment for the dollar is negative and there's no inflation yet to support rate hikes. Read More
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