No Comments | Tags: 500, Sp 500
As you know, I like to take my S&P 500 total return data base and look at the numbers in different ways and then post what I have found, regardless of the outcome.
My latest look at the data involved looking at the returns for the first six months of each year and seeing what happened the following six months of the year.
No Comments | Tags: Physician, Physician Employment
MACLEAN, VA – The changing healthcare landscape and the increased need for hospital-physician alignment will lead to an acceleration of physicians leaving private practice in favor of hospital-based employment according to two recent market reports.
While physician employment in hospitals gained only 1 percent in the period from 2000-2007 according to data from the American Medical Association, a new report from Deloitte Consulting “Physician/hospital alignment: Employment agreements in the reform era” suggest that changes brought about by healthcare reform will dramatically alter that dynamic.
“This statistic is dated and not reflective of current market trends,” the report noted. “Given the
No Comments | Tags: Fed, Fed Cuts
U.S. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said some factors weighing on the economy, such as high commodity prices, should be fleeting but warned part of the weakness could linger.
“Part of the slowdown is temporary and part of it may be longer lasting,” Bernanke told a news conference after a two-day Fed policy meeting.
The U.S. central bank kept official interest rates at a historic low near zero and Bernanke signaled they will stay there through the end of the year or longer.
The Fed estimated the economy should grow 2.7 to 2.9 percent this year, down from a forecast range of 3.1 to 3.3 percent made in April. It
The majority of working Americans have both a checking and savings account. These accounts help keep financial records, help us take advantage of automatic bill pay, and help keep track of what money is leftover to actually save.
Nonetheless, even the most proactive planners have been caught off guard with a dreaded, unforeseen invoice, otherwise know as the unexpected bill.
Often making its presence felt right when bills are finally caught up, the nearly funded vacation getaway is coming to fruition, or tuition is finally paid for the semester, unexpected bills come in many forms — anything from traffic citations to a higher-than-anticipated medical invoice.
Most commonly, unexpected bills are accompanied by the element of surprise. Not the type of surprise where friends assemble and hide to celebrate your birthday, rather the type of surprise that’s waiting in your mailbox in a colored envelope with the inscription “Attention!” – which usually spoils the surprise altogether.
After meeting the financial obligation, you might wonder “how can I be better prepared for an unexpected bill next time?”Well, there are many options you can take to reduce debt and save more money for unanticipated bills.
Cut your monthly spending.
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No Comments | Tags: Marketing, Marketing Strategy
Marketing podcast with John Jantsch
In the movie City Slickers Jack Palance’s character tells Billy Crystal that the secret to life is one thing. Crystal, of course, is left to discover what that one thing in life is on his own, but I believe the same is true for business. I