Author Archives: Kaizen Wealth Managment

Last week: What was the unemployment rate in December 2011 for people with a college degree or greater? Answer: The unemployment rate in December 2011 for people with a college degree or greater was 4.1%. Next week: Consumer credit increased $20.4 billion in November; what was the primary driver of this increase? Source: BLS, J.P. [...]

The Economist’s Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity: that, in the long run, exchange rates should adjust to equal the price of a basket of goods and services in different countries. Our basket consists of one McDonald’s Big Mac, and we’ve compared it with the average price in America, $4.20. [...]

Last week: What was the lowest closing level of the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds in 2011? Answer: In 2011, the lowest closing yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was 1.72% Next week: What was the employment rate in December 2011 for people with a college degree or better? Source: BLS, J.P. Morgan Asset [...]

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Last week: As of Friday, the yield on Italian 10-year government bonds was 6.85%.  Where were these yields at the end of 2010? Answer: On December 31,2010, the yield on 10-year Italian government bonds was 4.81%. Next week: What was the lowest closing level of the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds in 2011? Source: [...]