US Markets

DJIA8952.89chart-81.80
NASDAQ1628.03chart+0.00
S&P 500927.45chart+0.00
2009-01-05 16:02

Intl. Markets

FTSE4631.92chart+52.28
DAX5048.87chart+64.88
Nikkei9080.84chart+37.72
2009-01-06 07:42

Commodity Futures

Oil49.81chart+1.00
Gold844.75chart+0.00
Copper1.52chart+0.07
2009-01-06 07:27

Treasury Yield

13 Weeks0.09chart+0.00
5 Year1.69chart+0.00
10 Year2.49chart+0.00
2009-01-05 14:59

Exchange Rates

JPY94.25chart+0.00
EUR0.75chart+0.00
GBP0.69chart+0.00
2009-01-06 07:57

Author Archive

The Week In Review… and Other Fun Links: »

This week at Dumbagent.com… we welcomed a new guest writer, Andy Liau. Andy comes to us with a BS Degree in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine. His debut article, A Timeline of a Financial Collapse, can be found here. Andy is currently working in the financial sector at a [...]

High Yield Savings Rates »

In a constant attempt to find innovative ways to bring you the most relevant and up-to-date information, we now showcase our list of high yield savings accounts through the use of Google Docs. With it, we can now display our data on multiple spreadsheets (while remaining on the same page) and have both [...]

Sub-Prime Primer »

If you haven’t been able to wrap your head around this whole ’sub-prime mortgage crisis,’ here’s an easy to understand slide show on what basically went down. It’s nothing new but we felt the need to share it once more just to make sure everyone was aware of it’s existence. It’s also one 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.