Economics for the Intelligent Amateur

US Markets

DJIA10741.98chart-37.19
NASDAQ2374.41chart-16.87
S&P 5001159.90chart-5.92
2010-03-19 16:05

Intl. Markets

FTSE5650.13chart+7.51
DAX5982.43chart-29.88
Nikkei10824.72chart+80.69
2010-03-19 12:35

Commodity Futures

Oil80.68chart-1.57
Gold1107.55chart+0.00
Copper2.95chart+0.03
2010-03-19 17:14

Treasury Yield

13 Weeks0.14chart+0.00
5 Year2.45chart+0.37
10 Year3.69chart+0.15
2010-03-19 14:59

Exchange Rates

JPY90.50chart+0.00
EUR0.74chart+0.00
GBP0.67chart+0.00
2010-03-19 17:00

Archive for March, 2008

Free Credit Reports »

If you live in the United States you know how important your financial credit can be. For the sake of free flow of information, please note that http://www.annualcreditreport.com is the only government approved website for attaining your free credit report with no strings attached. You are allowed to access one report from each of [...]

Recession = Banana »

 
 Recession = Banana: Play Now | Play in Popup

Are we in a Banana? Or maybe it’s a Pickle? Perhaps it was an Elephant?
What in the world are we talking about?
According to our sources at the Federal Reserve, employees there are not allowed to use the word ‘recession’ to identify what is commonly known in economics as a recession. Employees instead have to [...]

TreasuryDirect.gov: The Federal Government’s Treasury Website »

Today we look at these three very important numbers:
5,313,245,061,227.51
4,095,006,947,061.03
9,408,252,008,288.54
What do all three of these numbers have in common (aside from the fact that they’re unfathomably large)? The answer: Public Debt! That’s right, these three figures represent the total outstanding public debt owed by the United States of America.

Updates – March 21st »

Some recent updates to our site:
First and foremost, our site has a new look, for those who have been watching. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. You can still see our old site design in our Current Events page, in case you want to compare.
Secondly, we have added an About Us page, for our [...]

High Yield Savings Accounts »

Here is our list of high-yield Internet bank accounts that you can use to judge the competitiveness of your bank’s interest rates. This list is updated bi-weekly and, in the near future, we hope to provide you with historical data on each of the accounts so that you can see how each of the [...]