Author Archives: John Rutledge

(January 23, 2008) A subscriber wrote today asking why, after years of constant bickering, Washington has suddenly erupted in a love-fest, with everyone in government falling over themselves to send us money. Did somebody put something in the water? If … Continue reading →

(January 22, 2008) More on putting the current stock market troubles into perspective. World market capitalization–the values of all the shares on all the stock markets in the world–more than doubled from just over $25 trillion five years go to … Continue reading →