Ron Ellison

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• Change

  Published 02 May 2007 | viewed 7,305 times

  Like a lot of things in life, change sometimes takes a while. Just recently Toyota surpassed General Motors as the number one auto manufacturer on…

• Turning Back

  Published 23 February 2006 | viewed 5,677 times

  Aluminum recently hit a multi-year high, joining a host of other commodities that have surged in the past couple of years. Sometimes it's an exercise…

• The Other Shoe

  Published 11 February 2006 | viewed 5,796 times

  Nearly everyone is familiar with the other shoe concept. With the inflation outlook, the other shoe, at least for a while, has been labor costs…

• The Love Song of the U.S. Home Owner

  Published 04 February 2006 | viewed 6,355 times

  Let us go then, you and I, While housing prices are bumping up against the evening sky; Down the narrow-wide well-manicured, emerald-lawn suburban streets; And,…

• Helicopter Commander

  Published 28 January 2006 | viewed 7,563 times

  "Counterfeiters are generally reviled and for good reason." - Murray N. Rothbard, The Case Against the Fed What economic fate Americans have. You could hardly…

• Beware of Spells

  Published 24 January 2006 | viewed 5,795 times

  Several years ago the late Screamin' Jay Hawkins released a hit song called "I Put a Spell on You" that a designer jeans company recently…

• They'll Be Back

  Published 17 January 2006 | viewed 5,274 times

  A decade ago regular gasoline sold for less than $1.30 a gallon in most states. Three Mile Island, a near nuclear meltdown at a utility…

• Scarcity

  Published 28 December 2005 | viewed 6,401 times

  All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the moon Day…

• Choosing Up Sides

  Published 22 December 2005 | viewed 6,812 times

  "How could I have been so far of base? All my life I've known better than to depend on the experts." - John F. Kennedy…

• The Bouncing Ball

  Published 12 November 2005 | viewed 5,014 times

  Follow the bouncing ball. Some no doubt recall going to the movies in your youth and watching commercials where a little white ball accompanied by…

• House Boats

  Published 05 November 2005 | viewed 25,344 times

  A rising tide, as the saying goes, may lift all ships, but just the reverse is also true. To continue the analogy, we're talking about…

• Imagine

  Published 03 November 2005 | viewed 5,719 times

  Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the…

• What's Neutral Got To Do With It?

  Published 28 October 2005 | viewed 5,623 times

  Tina Turner a few years ago had a hit song "What's Love Got To Do With it?" That same question given a few word changes…

• Broken Hearted

  Published 08 October 2005 | viewed 5,195 times

  This is my story. I have no song. Just alone and broken hearted since I fell in love with you. Those words are the refrain…

• Change and Convenience

  Published 10 January 2005 | viewed 3,020 times

  "...and all the speeches put together did exactly what they were intended to do, and established in the hearers' minds that there was no speculation…

• What's Emerging

  Published 02 January 2005 | viewed 2,887 times

  For the past couple years emerging markets and emerging market debt have been the place for investors. That's quite a contrast from just a few…

• Three Halves

  Published 28 December 2004 | viewed 3,072 times

  Though Yogi never said it, we will: Look for 2005 in the stock market to be a year of three halves - up, down and…