2013 Archive

Everything published on DaveManuel.com in 2013, month by month.

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01December 15

Dec 31	Time To Celebrate: Stocks Roared Higher in 2013	Markets and Investing
Dec 30	Warren Buffett's Big Year	Economy and Politics
Dec 27	Don't Mess With The Google	Economy and Politics
Dec 23	Santa Rally: Markets Higher on Mix of Good News	Economy and Politics
Dec 20	Surprise! GDP Grew 4.1% in Q3	Economy and Politics
Dec 18	Bitcoin Down Over 50% From Highs	Economy and Politics
Dec 16	Facebook To Join S+P 500 This Week	Markets and Investing
Dec 15	NHL Franchise Values Continue To Soar	Blog
Dec 13	Hedge Funds Set to Underperform Stocks This Year - Again	Markets and Investing
Dec 10	Could 113th Congress Become Least Productive in Modern History?	Economy and Politics
Dec 9	Federal Reserve: US Household Net Worth Hit New All-Time High in Q3	Economy and Politics
Dec 8	Bitcoin Stumbles Following Chinese Crackdown	Economy and Politics
Dec 6	National Unemployment Rate Dropped to 7.0% in November	Economy and Politics
Dec 4	Elon Musk Tops List of Highest Paid CEOs in 2013	Economy and Politics
Dec 2	Amazon Prime Air: Delivery Within Thirty Minutes - By Drone?	Economy and Politics

02November 18

Nov 30	CNN/ORC Poll: Chris Christie Early Frontrunner For 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination	Economy and Politics
Nov 28	"Alt-Coins" Surging Thanks To Bitcoin's Amazing Run	Economy and Politics
Nov 26	Nasdaq 4,000	Markets and Investing
Nov 24	Switzerland Votes Against Capping Executive Pay	Economy and Politics
Nov 23	President Obama's Approval Rating Continues To Tumble	Economy and Politics
Nov 20	Maria Bartiromo Leaving CNBC For Fox	Economy and Politics
Nov 19	Warren Buffett on Stocks: "They're in a Zone of Reasonableness"	Markets and Investing
Nov 17	Bitcoin Breaks $500	Economy and Politics
Nov 14	Berkshire Hathaway Acquires Large Stake in Exxon Mobil	Markets and Investing
Nov 13	Gallup: Congressional Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low of 9%	Economy and Politics
Nov 12	Labor Force Participation Rate Continues To Shrink	Economy and Politics
Nov 11	Planned Stock Offerings From Fantex Take Hit After Injuries This Past Weekend	Markets and Investing
Nov 10	Bitcoins Continue To Go Parabolic	Economy and Politics
Nov 9	October Unemployment Numbers: 204,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 7.3%	Economy and Politics
Nov 6	Tesla Motors Drops 14.5% Following Q3 Earnings Release	Markets and Investing
Nov 4	All Eyes on Twitter	Markets and Investing
Nov 3	Can Healthcare.gov Be Fixed by End of November?	Economy and Politics
Nov 1	President Obama's Approval Rating Hits All-Time Low	Economy and Politics

03October 22

Oct 30	No Taper Yet? Federal Reserve Expected To Continue Bond Buying For Foreseeable Future	Economy and Politics
Oct 27	Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates Added To Their Fortunes on Friday	Markets and Investing
Oct 26	Elon Musk, Reed Hastings Warn Investors About High Share Prices	Markets and Investing
Oct 25	Foreign Holdings of US Debt Drop For Fifth Consecutive Month	Economy and Politics
Oct 23	September Employment Numbers: 148,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.2%	Economy and Politics
Oct 21	Game Changer: Netflix To Pass HBO in Paid US Subscribers	Economy and Politics
Oct 19	US Debt Total Breaks $17 Trillion Mark for First Time	Economy and Politics
Oct 18	Gift Contributions To Reduce the US Debt Down Dramatically in 2013	Economy and Politics
Oct 16	Crisis Averted? Senate, House Set To Vote on Reid/McConnell Deal	Economy and Politics
Oct 15	Fitch Places United States on Rating Watch Negative	Economy and Politics
Oct 14	Senate Leaders Reportedly Close To Deal	Economy and Politics
Oct 11	92 Debt Ceiling Increases Since 1940 and Counting	Economy and Politics
Oct 10	Markets Surge on GOP Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase Plan	Economy and Politics
Oct 8	Poll: Americans Like IRS, Cockroaches and Witches More Than Congress	Economy and Politics
Oct 7	Government Shutdown Stumbles Into Its Second Week	Economy and Politics
Oct 4	Oops! Traders Run Up Shares of Bankrupt TWTRQ, Thinking That It's Twitter, Inc.	Markets and Investing
Oct 3	Twitter To Trade Under TWTR Symbol	Blog
Oct 3	Treasury Department: US Default Could Be "Catastrophic"	Economy and Politics
Oct 2	Shares of Tesla Drop on Downgrade, Car Fire	Blog
Oct 2	How Did The Markets Perform During The Last Federal Government Shutdown?	Economy and Politics
Oct 1	More Problems Arise For JC Penney	Blog
Oct 1	AMC Networks Basks In Glow of "Breaking Bad" Finale	Blog

04September 16

Sep 30	Countdown to Shutdown	Economy and Politics
Sep 27	The JC Penney Madness Continues	Markets and Investing
Sep 25	Treasury Secretary Lew: Government Will Run Out of Cash By October 17th Without Debt Ceiling Increase	Economy and Politics
Sep 25	Twitter Likely To Choose NYSE For Upcoming IPO	Markets and Investing
Sep 23	Here Comes The Hedge Fund Advertisements	Markets and Investing
Sep 20	Blackberry Dishes Blast of Bad News To Its Shareholders Late Friday Afternoon	Markets and Investing
Sep 18	United States Census Bureau: Median Household Income Dropped For Fifth Straight Year in 2012	Economy and Politics
Sep 16	AAA: 1,000 Days of $3+/Gallon Gas And Counting	Economy and Politics
Sep 16	Larry Summers Withdraws Himself From Fed Chairman Consideration	Economy and Politics
Sep 12	Twitter Files To Go Public	Markets and Investing
Sep 10	Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard To Be Dropped From Dow Jones industrial Average	Markets and Investing
Sep 9	Bloomberg: Cost of Textbooks Up 102% Since 2001	Economy and Politics
Sep 7	August Employment Report: 169,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.3%	Economy and Politics
Sep 6	September Taper? August Jobs Number Could Begin Bond Buying Drawdown	Economy and Politics
Sep 4	Hedge Funds Piling Into JC Penney	Markets and Investing
Sep 2	US Labor Market Continues To Struggle	Economy and Politics

05August 17

Aug 30	August Swoon: Market Turns In Its Weakest Month Since 2012	Markets and Investing
Aug 28	Treasury Secretary Lew: Debt Ceiling Must Be Raised By Mid-October	Economy and Politics
Aug 26	Bill Ackman Says "No Mas", Will Dump Entire Stake in JC Penney	Markets and Investing
Aug 25	Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Hit By Typo	Markets and Investing
Aug 24	The $18 Billion Retirement Announcement	Markets and Investing
Aug 22	Nasdaq Seizes Up, Shuts For Over Three Hours	Markets and Investing
Aug 20	How Does President Obama's Current Approval Rating Compare To Those of Past Two-Term Presidents?	Economy and Politics
Aug 18	Google Goes Down, Global Internet Traffic Drops By 40%	Companies and Technology
Aug 16	DJIA Posts Its Biggest Weekly Loss Since June of 2012	Markets and Investing
Aug 14	The $20 Billion Tweet	Economy and Politics
Aug 13	United States Posts $97.6 Billion Deficit in July	Economy and Politics
Aug 11	President Obama's Approval Rating Continues To Erode	Economy and Politics
Aug 9	Japan: 1 Quadrillion Yen in Public Debt and Counting	Economy and Politics
Aug 7	Tesla Surges (Again) After Earnings Beat	Markets and Investing
Aug 7	What Does Jeff Bezos Have In Mind For The Washington Post?	Markets and Investing
Aug 4	The Part Time Problem - Millions of Americans Stuck With Part Time Work	Economy and Politics
Aug 2	July Employment Numbers: 162,000 Jobs Added	Economy and Politics

06July 17

Jul 31	Facebook (Momentarily) Regains Its IPO Price	Blog
Jul 31	Federal Reserve Downgrades US Economic Growth to "Modest"	Economy and Politics
Jul 29	Many Fast Food Workers To Walk Off The Job This Week	Economy and Politics
Jul 26	Gallup: Economy Still The Most Important Problem in the United States	Economy and Politics
Jul 25	All Eyes on Zuck: Facebook Soars After Q2 Beat	Markets and Investing
Jul 22	Netflix Dips After Reporting Q2 Earnings	Markets and Investing
Jul 21	Larry Ellison, Elon Musk Top List of Highest Compensated US CEOs	Economy and Politics
Jul 20	Moody's: US Aaa Sovereign Rating Upgraded To Stable	Economy and Politics
Jul 18	Report: Just 41% of World Believes That US Is Leading Economic Superpower	Economy and Politics
Jul 16	Foreign Holdings of US Debt Dropped To $5.6784 Trillion in May	Economy and Politics
Jul 13	From The "Could You Be Any More Obvious?" Files - LEAP	Markets and Investing
Jul 11	United States Posts $117 Billion Surplus in June	Economy and Politics
Jul 9	IMF Lowers Global Growth Outlook	Economy and Politics
Jul 8	Bumped Up: Most Economists Believe That Fed Tapering Will Now Begin Sooner Than Expected	Economy and Politics
Jul 5	June Jobs Report: 195,000 Nonfarm Payroll Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 7.6%	Economy and Politics
Jul 3	All Eyes on June's Payroll Data	Economy and Politics
Jul 3	Shares of Blackberry Continue To Plunge	Markets and Investing

07June 19

Jun 30	Gallup: President Obama's Approval Rating Down 11 Points Since December	Economy and Politics
Jun 28	Markets Close Out Strong First Half of Year	Markets and Investing
Jun 27	State of the Industry: Boston Globe Will Likely Sell For Fraction of 1993 Sale Price	Markets and Investing
Jun 25	Report: 76% of Americans Have Little to No Emergency Savings	Economy and Politics
Jun 23	World's Richest Drop Tens of Billions of Dollars During Market Pullback	Economy and Politics
Jun 21	The Power of LeBron: Micky Arison's Big Win	Economy and Politics
Jun 20	Markets Tank As Fed's Easy Money Policy Seen Coming to an End	Markets and Investing
Jun 19	Federal Reserve To Continue $85 Billion/Month in Bond Purchases - For Now	Economy and Politics
Jun 17	Elon Musk's Very Big Year	Economy and Politics
Jun 15	Foreign Holdings of US Debt Up $30.4 Billion in April	Economy and Politics
Jun 13	United States Posts $138.7 Billion Deficit in May	Economy and Politics
Jun 11	Facebook Faces Its Shareholders At First Annual Meeting	Markets and Investing
Jun 10	Standard and Poor's Revises US Credit Outlook	Economy and Politics
Jun 9	Employment Numbers: May 2013 vs June 1985	Economy and Politics
Jun 7	May Jobs Report: 175,000 Non-Farm Payroll Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Ticks Up To 7.6%	Economy and Politics
Jun 6	US Household Wealth Hits New All-Time High	Economy and Politics
Jun 6	Report: Airlines Raked in $27.1 Billion in Ancillary Revenue in 2012	Economy and Politics
Jun 4	The Dow's Amazing 20 Week Streak	Economy and Politics
Jun 2	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: Recovery in Household Wealth Not As Strong As It Seems	Economy and Politics

08May 20

May 31	White House: Medicare To Remain Solvent Two Years Longer Than Expected	Economy and Politics
May 30	Report: US Foreclosure Sales Down 22% Over Last Year	Economy and Politics
May 28	Report: US Home Prices Rise 10.9%	Economy and Politics
May 27	Most Expensive US Real Estate Listing Ever Hits The Market	Blog
May 26	Surprise! Americans Turning Against the IRS	Economy and Politics
May 24	Fidelity: Average 401(k) Retirement Balance Hits Record High in Q1	Economy and Politics
May 22	Tim Cook Turns In His Best Performance as CEO of Apple	Markets and Investing
May 21	Gallup: Average Retirement Age Up 4 Years in Past Two Decades	Economy and Politics
May 19	A Look At Vice President Biden's Net Worth	Economy and Politics
May 18	President Obama's Financial Disclosure Report For 2012 Released	Economy and Politics
May 16	Bloomberg: Bill Gates Is World's Richest Person Once Again	Economy and Politics
May 16	CBO: United States Will Be Spending $823 Billion Per Year To Service Its Debt By 2023	Economy and Politics
May 14	CBO Now Projecting Deficit of $642 Billion for 2013 Fiscal Year	Economy and Politics
May 12	Report: Average US Household Spending 10% More Than In 2009	Economy and Politics
May 10	United States Posts $112.9 Billion Surplus in April	Blog
May 10	Treasury Secretary Lew: Debt Ceiling Won't Be Breached Until "At Least" Labor Day	Economy and Politics
May 9	US Stock Ownership Remains Low Despite Roaring Markets	Economy and Politics
May 6	Al Gore - The $200 Million Man	Economy and Politics
May 3	April Employment Numbers: 165,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.5%	Economy and Politics
May 2	Poll: Hillary Clinton Front-runner For 2016 Democratic Nomination	Economy and Politics

09April 17

Apr 30	Apple Sells $17 Billion Worth of Bonds	Markets and Investing
Apr 28	The Best and Worst Jobs of 2013 Are..	Economy and Politics
Apr 25	Spain's Unemployment Rate Hits 27.2%	Economy and Politics
Apr 23	Markets Momentarily Tank Due To Fake Tweet	Markets and Investing
Apr 21	First Look at Q1/2013 GDP Data Set For This Week	Markets and Investing
Apr 19	State Unemployment Report For March: Jobless Rate Falls in 26 States	Economy and Politics
Apr 17	Apple Continues Its Freefall	Markets and Investing
Apr 16	Foreign Holdings of US Debt Hit Another All-Time High	Blog
Apr 16	Why Gold Crashed	Economy and Politics
Apr 14	Foreign Ownership of US Debt: January 2013 vs January 2003	Economy and Politics
Apr 12	President Obama and Vice President Biden Release Their 2012 Tax Returns	Economy and Politics
Apr 11	United States Posts Deficit of $106.53 Billion in March	Economy and Politics
Apr 9	The Federal Government's Top Ten Intragovernmental Holdings	Economy and Politics
Apr 6	The Incredible Shrinking Labor Force Participation Rate	Economy and Politics
Apr 5	US Economy Added 88,000 Jobs in March	Economy and Politics
Apr 4	President Obama To Return 5% of His Salary to Treasury	Economy and Politics
Apr 3	The Rise of Bitcoin	Economy and Politics

10March 17

Mar 31	Major Market Indexes Wrap Up Strong Q1	Economy and Politics
Mar 28	Final: Q4/2012 GDP Increased at Annualized Rate of 0.4%	Economy and Politics
Mar 27	Which Countries Own the Most US Debt?	Economy and Politics
Mar 24	Chinese Holdings of US Debt Up 8.43% in Last 12 Months	Economy and Politics
Mar 22	All 50 States Post Unemployment Rates of Less Than 10% For First Time Since 2008	Economy and Politics
Mar 21	US Debt Up Over $10 Trillion Since Start of Iraq War	Economy and Politics
Mar 18	Cyprus and the Proposed Bank Deposit Levy	Economy and Politics
Mar 16	"Irrational Exuberance" In The Markets Now? Greenspan Says No	Markets and Investing
Mar 14	United States Posts Deficit of $203.5 Billion in February	Economy and Politics
Mar 11	47.8 Million Americans Used Food Stamps in December	Economy and Politics
Mar 10	State Unemployment Rates: Five Years Out From The Start of the "Great Recession"	Economy and Politics
Mar 8	Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7%	Economy and Politics
Mar 7	US Household Wealth Increased by $1.17 Trillion in Fourth Quarter	Economy and Politics
Mar 5	Dow Surges To All-Time High	Markets and Investing
Mar 4	Carlos Slim Helu Tops Forbes Billionaire List For The Fourth Straight Year	Economy and Politics
Mar 3	CBO: US Government Would Cut Deficit Spending By $340 Billion Over 10 Year Period By Switching to Chained CPI	Economy and Politics
Mar 2	The Big Drop: Personal Income Posts Largest Monthly Drop in 20 Years	Economy and Politics

11February 17

Feb 28	BEA: US GDP Increased 0.1% in Q4/2012	Economy and Politics
Feb 27	Ben Bernanke: Three More Years Until Unemployment Rate Drops Below 6%	Economy and Politics
Feb 26	Intrade: Democrats Hold Early Edge in Next Presidential Election	Economy and Politics
Feb 24	Poll: Majority of Americans Favor Minimum Wage Increase	Economy and Politics
Feb 22	What is Sequestration?	Economy and Politics
Feb 20	Is It Time to Ditch the Penny?	Economy and Politics
Feb 18	50 Months With an Unemployment Rate of Higher Than 7% - And Counting	Economy and Politics
Feb 15	Foreign Ownership of US Debt Hit $5.555 Trillion in December	Economy and Politics
Feb 14	Video Game Console Prices Through The Years	Blog
Feb 12	Parsing President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Speech	Economy and Politics
Feb 12	President Obama Set To Make His Fifth State of the Union Address on Tuesday	Economy and Politics
Feb 10	Retail Gasoline Prices Hit All-Time High For Month of February	Economy and Politics
Feb 7	CBO: Net Interest To Total $5.41 Trillion Over Next Ten Years	Economy and Politics
Feb 6	CBO: Federal Deficit To Shrink To $845 Billion in FY2013	Economy and Politics
Feb 4	Report: Gasoline Expenditures For Average US Household Topped $2,900 In 2012	Economy and Politics
Feb 4	Nevada, Rhode Island Tie For Nation's Highest State Unemployment Rate in December	Economy and Politics
Feb 1	US Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs in January; Unemployment Rate at 7.9%	Economy and Politics

12January 16

Jan 30	FICO: Average Student Loan Debt Up 58% Over Last Seven Years	Economy and Politics
Jan 28	The Cost of a Movie Ticket Throughout the Years	Blog
Jan 28	Gallup: President Obama on Track To Become Most Polarizing President Ever	Economy and Politics
Jan 26	The Week In the Markets: Apple Drops, Netflix Surges	Markets and Investing
Jan 24	Apple At Risk of Losing Title of World's Most Valuable Company	Markets and Investing
Jan 22	Report: World Unemployment To Hit All-Time High in 2013	Economy and Politics
Jan 21	Gallup: President Obama's Average Approval Rating During His First Term Was 49.1%	Economy and Politics
Jan 21	President Obama Officially Begins His Second Term in The White House	Economy and Politics
Jan 18	China and Japan Own Over $2.3 Trillion in US Debt	Economy and Politics
Jan 16	President Obama: "We Are Not a Deadbeat Nation"	Economy and Politics
Jan 14	Shares of Apple Now Down Over $200 From All-Time High	Markets and Investing
Jan 12	Money Poured Into Equity Mutual Funds in First Week of January	Markets and Investing
Jan 10	Shares of Facebook Continue To Recover	Markets and Investing
Jan 7	Report: Treasury May Exhaust Borrowing Authority By as Early as February 15th	Economy and Politics
Jan 5	December Employment Numbers: Unemployment Rate At 7.8% To Close Out The Year	Economy and Politics
Jan 2	CBO: "Fiscal Cliff" Deal Will Increase Deficit Spending By $4 Trillion Over Next Ten Years	Economy and Politics

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