Americans are witnessing the first phase of a major, millennial shift.
A shift of power, capital, wealth, and investment opportunities …
A shift from economies that are bogged down in debts and deficits
(like the almost 2 trillion dollar deficit in the US).
A shift to economies that are rich in cash, rich in commodities,
and full of confidence in […]

YESTERDAY - Tuesday July 21, 2009
Oakland, California, becomes the first-in-the-nation city to directly
place a business tax on local medical marijuana providers.
California is one of 13 states that have legalized medical marijuana,
allowing it to be sold to people with a doctor’s recommendation.
Measure F, as it was known, will create a new business class for the
dispensaries, which […]

Now that Michael Jackson is not on the front pages anymore
(at least for the time being until the toxicology reports are made public)…
It’s time to get back to business basics.
The name of this blog is Business Coaching.
So today it’s back to discussing business of money.
Hip Hip Hurray…
Wall Street pundits have declared “an end to the […]

The economy isn’t contracting as much as it was a few months ago.
Job losses for May fell only by 345,000.
(This was considerably better than the expected loss of 520,000).
And it was much better than in:
… April (-504,000)
… March (-652,000)
… February (-681,000)
… January (-741,000).
According to the National Association of Realtors, the median price
of a single-family home […]

The official U.S. unemployment rate rocketed to 9.4%!
… the worst in a quarter century!
(And this doesn’t even begin to count the millions who suddenly
find themselves trying to live on a part-time income).
The government’s recent bank “stress” tests scored a big-fat… F.
They were were flat out dead WRONG.
They assumed an average employment rate of 8.9% […]