Tuesday, June 19, 2012

DailyMarkets.com - Markets In Everything: Direct Publishing

DailyMarkets.com - Markets In Everything: Direct Publishing


Markets In Everything: Direct Publishing

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 08:18 PM PDT

From the post “How Amazon Saved My Life” by author Jessica Park on the Indie Reader blog:

“I spent months thinking that I needed a big publisher in order to be a writer, to legitimately carry that "author" title. To validate me, and to validate my book Flat-Out Love. I needed a publisher to print my books and stick a silly publishing house emblem on the side of a hard copy. They were the only way to give my books mass distribution, and having them back me would mean that readers would know … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Builder Confidence Reaches 5-Year High In June; Framing Lumber Prices Are Back To 2006 Levels

Posted: 18 Jun 2012 05:23 PM PDT

From the National Association of Home Builders today:

“Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained one point in June from a slightly revised level in the previous month to rest at 29 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). This is the highest level the index has attained since May of 2007 (see top chart above). 

"This month's modest uptick in builder confidence comes on the heels of a four-point gain in … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


Don’t Lose Sight Of The Medium Term

Posted: 17 Jun 2012 12:13 AM PDT

Rather than focus on Greece this weekend, I thought that I would write about the medium term path for equities and the global economy. I came upon this BIS paper entitled Characterising the financial cycle: don’t lose sight of the medium term! The BIS researchers break economic cycles into two components, a shorter business cycle and a longer financial cycle. Here is the abstract:
We characterise empirically the financial cycle using two approaches: analysis of turning points and … [visit site to read more] or compare Credit Card Rewards and Best Credit Cards


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