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23andme, the leading personal genetics company, announced earlier this week that it had taken the first steps toward FDA approval of its direct-to-consumer genetic analysis test.
The 23andme test allows users to better understand their genetic make-up. After taking a simple saliva test, often called a spit test, the sample is mailed to 23andme's partner lab, where it is analyzed. A couple weeks later users can log into a website to find out what their genetic profile reveals – such as relative risk values for scores of different diseases (like colon cancer) and whether they are carriers of gene mutations associated with certain diseases such as cystic fibrosis or Tay-Sach's disease.
While 23andme is in the process of getting approved by the FDA, consumers can still order the test themselves from 23andme's website 23andme.com.
One major thing that 23andme has on their side supporting FDA approval is that Americans want access to this data. Approximately 50% of Americans we surveyed are interested in learning about genetic-testing for disease risks:
Older Americans are most interested – which points to their awareness of health issues – as can be seen when we look at the same question broken down by age groups, although all groups show more than 40% being interested:
Having taken the test several years ago, I can attest that it is fascinating and very useful in building engagement to one's health and genetic predisposition to certain risk factors. The idea is that the more one knows about their genetic make-up, the more they will be engaged in their own health. In addition, the test can also play a role in family planning discussions. While not conclusive, the results serve as a spring board for greater discussion and exploration. The service will not predict what you will get sick from, or what you will die from, but it does provide you with information about your relative risks based on genetic information and current scientific links of genes to known diseases.
Critics who think consumers are not educated enough to handle the information given them or that this might create undue panic in some consumers, who in turn might rush out for costly and useless tests, are misguided in my opinion. Armed with information, consumers make better decisions, not worse, and as can be seen by our data, consumers want the data.
The technology will be even more useful as more people provide samples. The home run would be if people could be followed for some time – allowing to see if genetic markers make them more susceptible to different diseases and conditions. This type of data – often called longitudinal data – is very useful for researchers, as it allows them to see the connection to diseases and doctor visits and genetic makeup over time. It would not surprise me that one day in the not so distant future that simple and painless personal genomic tests like this are performed on every newborn so parents can have a personal genetic profile for their children from the onset. That way, as new scientific breakthroughs are made connecting diseases and their treatment are connected to specific genes, the data is already in hand to make a difference.
The rise of personalized medicine will not only accelerate the trend of people wanting their own genetic profile information, but necessitate it.
This survey was conducted by my firm, Phalanx Investment Partners, LLC. No part of this article is intended to imply or convey investment advice.
As the public becomes more aware and engaged, partnerships with health care professionals can be forged for harnessing the practical value of direct-to-consumer genetic testing. Tools like the database at Nutrigenetics.net (available to the public on weekends) can be helpful for identifying topics of discussion, since environmental factors including lifestyle and nutrition should also be factored into any decisions.
Great post David, thanks for spreading the word about consumer genetic testing. The action by 23andMe is important because lobbyists for some members of the medical industry are trying to make these spit tests prescription only. This has already happened in New York state (my wife and I drove to Pennsylvania so we could spit legally). Personally I think 23andMe is a great service. It helped confirm my wife's hemochromatosis at a fraction of prescription cost.
23andme have been selling their product for years. Can someone explain what added advantages FDA approval brings?
This post and the subsequent commentary point out a very important aspect to Personalized Medicine. As we move forward in being able to quantify personal health data, whether it be genetic profiling or blood pressure throughout the day the judgement of that data and what to do with it becomes more and more democratized.
Personalized Medicine will also make medicine more participatory. Should we turn away from it, or does it mean that there is a big task ahead to instill the broader public with the importance of evidence and the complexities of medical decision making. I think the latter as we cannot turn away from technology.


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Merchants of Grain by Dan Morgan
Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply by Dan Morgan describes the seven secretive families and five far-flung companies that management the world's food supplies. This text tells us more than some other work in regards to the past and present of the biggest (and mostly American) firms.
In the realm of public affairs there are useful accounts of some acquainted episodes (Soviet wheat, Korean rice) and revealing reviews on less well-known issues such as the actions of the Division of Agriculture in pushing grain sales abroad. All advised, there may be lower than a reader may hope for however more than has been collected in a single place before.
Creator conducts a complete investigation of how these corporations came about, their successes and tribulations until the modern era, explaining the intricacies of this secretive trade. There are 5 main grain firms: Cargill Inc (Minneapolis); Continental Grain Firm (NYC); Andre of Lausanne (Switzerland); Louis Dreyfus (Paris); and Bunge Corporation. These have all been controlled by highly effective households, and have by no means gone public. A lot of the world, (including me before this book), has never heard of these firms, although they control and distribute commodities crucial for our survival.
This is due to their vehement pursuit of secrecy and grasp on energy, each of which, have been necessary at numerous occasions to their survival and success. These firms are actually diversified, multinational companies that rival the scale of many public corporations.
These corporations have also diversified, focusing on trades related and needed: different agriculture, commodities, transport and banking. There's a certain code that grain merchants subject themselves to, a relic from a classical medieval time of trade: contracts are hardly ever defaulted.
Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply [Paperback]
Dan Morgan
iUniverse (October 19, 2000)
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Harlan Coben writes most suspenseful thriller yet
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"Long Lost" (Dutton, 372 pages, $27.95), by Harlan Coben: Myron Bolitar, sports agent and accidental detective, has returned in what is perhaps Harlan Coben's best-written and most suspenseful thriller yet.
The story begins when Myron gets a call from Terese Collins, a long-lost love. "Come to Paris," she says. She needs him, but she won't say why.
Myron doesn't need this. He's trying to cling to a fading relationship with another woman. His business needs attention. But something in Terese's voice tells them it's urgent. So, of course, he goes.
Shortly after Myron arrives, Terese's ex-husband turns up dead, and she is suspected of killing him. Then, for no apparent reason, several men try to abduct Myron from a sidewalk cafe; he trades bullets with them, much to the dismay of Captain Berland of the Paris police.
As Berland begins to interrogate Myron at police headquarters, anyone who has read a lot of crime fiction knows what to expect. Myron will stonewall. Berland will threaten. Myron will wisecrack. And they will promptly become enemies.
But that's not what happens. Berland treats Myron with respect, and Myron tells Berland what little he knows. The way they come to trust one another, and eventually become friends, is one of the best parts of the book.
As Myron investigates the murder, the trail takes him from Paris and London to New York and Angola.
Myron and his dangerous sidekick Win, who fans will remember from earlier books in the series, eventually discover that they are in over their heads. Before it's over, they end up entangled with the Mossad, secret CIA prisons, frozen embryos, Homeland Security, torture, Arab terrorists, a 10-year-old drunk-driver fatality, Interpol, and a threat to America that is as plausible as it is diabolical.
Coben is the author of 15 novels including eight previous Bolitar books, but this is the first one in three years to feature the sports agent.
The action unfolds with the intensity of TV's "24." The prose is vivid and taut. The dialogue is laced with humor. And you'll love the fight scenes. Nobody writes them better than Coben.


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Apologies were forthcoming to customers but not to stockholders for the issues with the new iPhone4. Â Steve Jobs reminded everyone that he and Apple are not perfect and every once in a while there are glitches. Â The current glitch with the iPhone4 is the antenna problem that causes the calls to drop.
There are many comments being made publicly by those who are well known such as Whoopi Goldberg on ABC's "The View" who states that she was so frustrated with the phone that she got out of her car and threw the phone on the ground until it was broken. Then there are those who are on the verge of being extremely popular and well known because of songs they have written about the iPhone4's antenna problems.
Steve Jobs is not so worried about the negative press that he is receiving from the media or from Consumer Reports not 'recommending' the iPhone4. Â The iPhone4 has been judged to be the number one smartphone by scores of publications including Consumer Reports even though they would not recommend it.
Stockholders have been down $5 since all of the antenna problems came up and they have still sold over 3 million in three weeks. Â So what does this mean for the average consumer? Â Well as Jonathan Mann's song states so plainly "If you don't want an iPhone4 don't buy it. Â If you bought one and you don't like it, bring it back....but you know you won't".
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The 2013 LASD Fun in the Sun Chili Cook-off was a great success! Over 8,000 people attended, raising over $30,000 for Special Olympics of Southern California. The LASD Medical Services Bureau walked away with the Chili Grand Master award. To see all our award winners, click here.
Planning is well under way for the 2014 LASD Fun in the Sun Chili Cook-Off!, schedulred for October 4, 2014, from 11:00 -4:00, at the Jack Bones Equestrian Center, in Castaic. In addition to providing a great time for all, we will also be raising money for Special Olympics of Southern California!
This traditional Sheriff's Department event brings in thousands of people each year to sample and judge the chili from 30+ competing teams from the Sheriff's Department and the local community. Each team decorates their booth and prepares 20 gallons of chili to compete for honors in three categories: sweet, mild, and HOT!
In addition to great food, there is great entertainment featuring live music from various local bands, Department displays ranging from horses to helicopters, an awesome kids zone with a host of games and activities, a Car Show, and a wide assortment of vendors providing food, refreshments and a variety of merchandise. (Photo from "DigitizedChaos")
Chili tasting cards can be purchased at the front gate for $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for a limited tasting card. The adult chili tasting cards entitle the bearer to sample each chili entry and vote on their favorite for the "People's Choice" award. The cards can also be purchased in advance by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com . Entry is free, but if you choose not to buy a chili card, we suggest a $5 donation to our charity, Special Olympics of Southern California,
Please no dogs, only service animals may be brought into the event.
There are no ATM's at the event.
The Chili Cook-off will be held rain or shine.
Please take a look at our Chili Flyer. (Click here for a printer-friendly black&white version.)
You do not have to be a member of the Sheriff's Department to compete. Click here for more information: Competitors
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We ordered chicken fajitas to share. The food was ok, but tasted like it was canned rice & beans. Fajitas were a little dry.
The building is old and run down, but the food and service is OK. Price is a little high for the atmosphere.
Ate here in April of 2013. Enchiladas were yummy. A friend had the steak fajita and said the steak was tough. But other than that it was good, with good service. The salsa is AWESOME and spicey!!!
Not bad, not great. Average. Had the Relleno' s, one beef, one cheese. Average is not bad, it's just not great. I would eat here again.
Went there with a group and the quality of the food was abysmal. Lots of cheese, grease, tortillas, rice. There's no redeeming quality so I'll leave it at that.
Good food, average atmosphere, good service - a safe place for visitors to Glen Rose to enjoy while in town. Food quality is good - about average for most Mexican restaurants. Menu is what you would expect. If you have a hankering for Mexican food in Glen Rose, you would have to travel to Granbury or Stephenville (or about a...
No better Mexican food anywhere nearby! Large menu with great selections. The locals enjoy the Thursday pm and Sunday noon buffets!
Plenty of room for private parties and catering available. My personal favorite are the Chalupas! and their special Tim's Salad!
Fajita nachos were outstanding, but not a very glamorous place otherwise. It was labor day and this was the only place open, but the food turned out to be great... aside from the "cheese dip" that was FAR from cheese.
Not sure how it could go so wrong but if bad food, bad service and high prices were not enough when I asked for a glass it was so dirty it made me question everything else. Left a lot of food on our plates and when we got there we were all hungry. Strange food with odd texture and unusual...
Wouldn't have minded the high prices if the food had been excellent but it was very mediocre. The best thing I ate was the hot sauce.
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Appeals Court Says Stem Cell Research Funds Can Continue
Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research can continue while the government appeals an injunction that would block such financing, a federal court ruled Tuesday. The decision counts as a victory for the Obama administration, which argued that stopping the research while the case proceeded would harm experiments that could yield life-saving medical treatments. In August, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth froze federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, based on a 1996 Congressional law that prohibits federal money from being used for scientific research that destroys human embryos. The latest ruling allows funding to continue until the appeals court reaches a final decision. Exactly when that will happen is unclear—it could be several weeks or months until a final ruling is issued, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Can Your Relationship Survive ADHD?
Maybe he's the husband who manages his time poorly, grows bored within minutes, and falls through on promises to mow the lawn or get groceries. Maybe she's the wife who's disorganized and cluttered, overlooks details, and flits from one activity to the next. "One of the most common things I hear is, 'If you really loved me, you would remember to close the cabinets in the kitchen, or pay the bills on time, or call before you leave work,'" says psychotherapist Walter Sherburne of Andover, Mass. "I know one couple who ended up divorced because the husband decided he just couldn't live with someone who didn't close the kitchen cupboards."
Welcome to an ADHD marriage.
"Distractibility, forgetfulness, impulsivity—when you put the symptoms of [attention deficit hyperactivity disorder] into a marriage, it creates havoc," says psychotherapist Terry Matlen, author of Survival Tips for Women with ADHD. "There's a lot of anger and resentment. You think your husband doesn't love you anymore, but he's completely dumbfounded because he has ADHD and doesn't have a good sense of how his behavior affects other people. Things can start to unravel pretty quickly."
Indeed, the divorce rate is nearly twice as high for people with ADHD, which affects roughly 4 percent of adults, as it is for other couples, says marriage consultant Melissa Orlov, author of The ADHD Effect on Marriage. Symptoms include trouble staying focused and paying attention, difficulty understanding or following instructions, and hyperactivity, or fidgeting frequently and talking excessively, U.S. News reports. In adults, ADHD usually isn't diagnosed until symptoms persist and spread into multiple aspects of daily life, from success at work to the ability to form romantic relationships. There is no cure, but adult ADHD symptoms can generally be minimized with medication, therapy, or both. [Read more: Can Your Relationship Survive ADHD?]
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The second study, though, found that all low-carbohydrate diets aren't created equal. This one followed 100,000 male and female health professionals over a period of 20 years or more to see whether the amount of carbohydrates, fat and protein they ingested had any impact on their health. Participants whose diets were classified as the lowest in carbohydrates were 12 percent more likely to die during the study than those who consumed the highest amount of carbohydrates. But it was the low-carb, meat-loving folks who had the highest risk of death from heart disease and cancer compared to low-carb dieters whose protein sources were mostly vegetables. [Read more: Thinking of Trying a Low-Carb Diet Plan? 3 Things to Consider.]


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JACKSON, Tenn. - Jackson's Steve Bowers said at outset of the 8th Congressional District debate he moderated at Lane College Thursday night that the decision facing the district's voters is an important one for the region. "These congressional seats don't open very often," Bowers said.
The last time the seat had no incumbent running for re-election was 1988 when John Tanner won the seat. He replaced Ed Jones, who won it in 1969. And Jones succeeded Robert A. "Fats" Everett, who won it in 1958. Everett frequently uttered the memorable phrase, inscribed on his statue at the Obion County Courthouse, "If a man don't want to work, he hadn't ought to hire out."
Which is relevant in this election, given Republican Stephen Fincher's failure to show up at the Lane College debate - or any of the other half-dozen or so debates, forums and joint appearances that were either held or proposed to be held for the 8th District candidates since the Aug. 5 primary. Since winning the GOP primary, Fincher's backers have run the most expensive Tennessee congressional campaign in history, thanks to hundreds of thousands of dollars cascading in from Washington special interest groups either contributing directly to his effort or spending money "independently" on his behalf.
Lane College emphasized Fincher's absence by setting up a lectern with his name on it, like the other three that had actual candidates standing behind them - Democrat Roy Herron and independents Donn Janes and Mark Rawles. Unlike Union University, which folded its tent after Fincher refused to debate there and substituted separate appearances by only Fincher and Herron before small groups on different nights.
At Lane, before an audience that grew to nearly 100, Herron, Janes and Rawles engaged in a spirited but civil discussion of the issues for an hour and a half. Bowers allowed the candidates to engage with and rebut each other. Unlike the pseudo debates televised in our statewide elections, Bowers simply presented the candidates with the topics and let them go at it rather than engage himself in a self-aggrandizing game of "gotcha" with them.
Fincher, 37, came under fire from all three for boycotting the event. "Stephen Fincher has said we need someone with courage to stand. I couldn't agree more," said Herron, 57, a state senator and lawyer from Dresden. "If you send me to Washington I'll show up and I'll stand up. I won't be afraid to release my tax returns and to list my asset and liabilities on legally required forms. I won't be afraid to stand up for you."
Janes, 45, a computer consultant from Brighton, landed a zinger. Referring to a recently released list by a congressional watchdog citizens group, Janes said "There's a website that I believe Mr. Fincher is going to get on soon - it tracks the 15 most corrupt politicians in Washington."
But actually the attacks on the vacant lectern were a small part of the evening. Herron, Janes and Rawles discussed in some detail their views on topics like the national health reform, Social Security, immigration, jobs, education, American competitiveness, the national debt, government spending and the spiraling budget deficits, energy policy, gays in the military. They agreed on some, disagreed on others.
The audience left Lane College last night having a pretty good feel for how Herron, Janes and Rawles feel on those topics and what they'd do if elected to represent the 8th District's people in Congress. Fincher and his Washington backers are spending a lot of money on TV ads that tell very little about his positions on much of anything.
Janes told the crowd at one point: "This is a job interview, folks. If an applicant didn't show up for a job interview would you hire that person?"


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Pompey sparks Central past South Rowan
Sat. December 08, 2012 at 12:11 a.m. | By Mike Duprez
Anyone who has seen Central Davidson center Chris Pompey play knows he is capable of completely taking over a basketball game on any night.
Friday was one of those nights.
Pompey, a 6-6 senior, overwhelmed South Rowan's defenders for a career-high 34 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked five shots as the Spartans coasted to a 69-52 victory.
"My teammates wanted me to get in the post," Pompey said. "I got in the post. I had the advantage."
And it seems the Spartans learned a few things from a frustrating 50-45 loss to Ledford on Wednesday. Pompey had 25 in that game but everything seemed disjointed for the Spartans that night.
"I think we forced the ball into him a little too much," Central coach Brian Hege said. "I thought tonight we worked our offense. We worked extremely hard on our efficiency and continuity."
The Spartans, who took control of the game in the second quarter, appeared to apply those lessons.
"In the Ledford game, we got away from our stuff," Pompey said. "Tonight, we ran our plays, did what coach said, ran our secondary. We ran our offense, got points."
Will Ramsey scored 12 points while Robert Biesecker had nine and John Hanes eight to back Pompey as the Spartans improved to 3-2.
Josh Medlin led South Rowan (2-3) with 15 points and Qwantarius Rhyne added 10.
Central was clinging to a 28-23 lead in the second quarter when reserve guard Michael Pigg helped trigger a 10-0 run. Pigg threaded a pass along the baseline to Ramsey, who drilled a 3-pointer. On the Spartans' next possession, Pigg got the ball inside to Pompey, who was fouled and made both free throws. Hanes converted a three-point play off a fast break when the Raiders missed a jumper and the Spartans got separation.
The Spartans pushed their lead to as much as 17 before settling for a 43-30 halftime lead.
South Rowan briefly got within eight at 52-44 on a T'vadus Wesley bucket in the first minute of the fourth quarter. But once again Pompey got the ball inside, was fouled and made both free throws to launch an 8-0 run as the Spartans pulled away.
After the run-and-gun first half, the Spartans were able to handle the halfcourt game as well.
"We did," Hege said. "We did a good job of running our halfcourt sets. Ledford lulled us to sleep a little bit. Tonight we controlled the boards and didn't give them second shots, kept them from the free throw line. I was really proud of the way we responded tonight."
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For the chronically insomnia-stricken like I it is impossible to tell, did I sleep two hours or fourteen? There is always voices in the living room, be it two in the morning or at eight, or at four in the afternoon. Noon may be the only time when quiet and black can be expected (but not guaranteed...).
In the past, before being turned into the squatted social centre that it is now, the place was one of the city's most notorious backstreet dives, a place that with time had got out of hand, and become a den for drug-dealers and mobsters. It was actually closed down after two men had their brains blown out in the men's room in what seemed to be members of the mafia settling old scores.
Right now, the men's room, cleaned out and refurbished, is converted into one of the rooms people live in, and it happens to be mine. I may loudly proclaim my gratitude to some ad hoc deity for the fact that I don't believe in anything like evil spirits.
After being left empty for over a year after the double murder, the old backstreet dive was turned into a squat. Occupied about two years ago, the original occupants of the place were Barry, Nadin and Giel.
Barry is a fellow traveller, a great guy who always has a serene smile on his face and who likes to try out different kinds of attires and headgear which lend him a completely different look every time.
Nadin happens to be the first person I ever met in the city of Leiden, back in June. She is a Reggae-loving gal with brunette rastas originally from Curaçao, today striving to make a living out of recycling rubbish into art. The way I relate to her can be summed up much like the Pixies song:I la-la-love that girl, as well as her funky new "family": the metal-loving boy-friend and the tender pair of cats, "Apple" and "Pie".
As for Giel, he is a lanky and tall hippy with long, platinum blond dreads reaching all the way down to his waist. His frame towers as high as the tall trees, and if he ever tries to hug you, he may just end up flinging his arms around himself, clasping the air above your head, because you just are too low to him.
The current inhabitants include Toni, a Welsh boy of imposing posture with cuddly teddy-bear paws, and his Swedish girlfriend Nina, who steps out of the dark cavern of de Couch in her number nine miner's boots (she wears what she finds).
Residents switch around a lot, though: One person who just left is Greg, one of the many travelers passing through, an almost infallibly happy-go-lucky guy, who yet is perspicacious and acutely observant, and whom we may forgive for this fact his Murkin origin.
Replaced he was by Rob, a bearded man from Scandinavia who with his glasses askew and beat poet books under the arm looks like an intellectual viking, and Tom, a Brit with stunning eyes and slender limbs, who is a musician and whose very gestures seem musical to me.


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Mr. Stanley John Hummert of 1140 Carter's Lane, Halifax died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 at his home. He was born in Belleville, Ill. on Jan. 29, 1959 and was 53 years old. He was the son of the late Norbert Bernard Hummert and Regina Kramper Hummert and was married to Karen Brasch Hummert who survives. Stan was a member of Grace Baptist Church and attended The Worship Center. He was U.S. Navy veteran and was also active with the Boy Scouts of America, serving as a Unit Commissioner for the Dan River District.
He is survived by his wife, Karen Brasch Hummert of Halifax; one son, Micah John Hummert of Halifax; one daughter, Jessica Lynn Campbell of Halifax; one grandson, Alex Cai of Halifax; seven brothers, Ken Hummert of St. Libory, Ill., Gerald Hummert of St. Libory, Ill., Dave Hummert of St. Libory, Ill., Leroy Hummert of Venedy, Ill., Norbert Hummert of St. Libory, Ill., Dennis Hummert of St. Libory, Ill., Sidney Hummert of San Francisco, Calif.; five sisters, Eileen Hart of St. Libory, Ill., Helen Musendroth of St. Libory, Ill., Nora Schmersahl of Belleville, Ill., Donna Hummert of St. Libory, Ill. and Patty Funk of Fayetteville, Ill.
A memorial service will be held today, Aug. 6, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack Stewart officiating
For memorials consider Boy Scout Troop 497 High Adventure Equipment Fund, C/O Bill Hamilton, 1712 Talley Street, South Boston, VA 24592 or The Worship Center Serving Hope Ministry, 1101 South of Dan School Road, South Boston, VA 24592.
Online condolences may be made at www.powellfunerals.com.
Arrangements are by Powell Funeral Home, South Boston.


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By Ian Lynam, Sports Law Partner at Charles Russell LLP
From next season, European football will tackle the introduction of UEFA's Financial Fair Play Regulations (FFP). The basic principle is simple football-related expenditure must not surpass football-related income. However, in football it is not that straightforward.
With the full FFP regulations set out across 87 pages, there are many unanswered questions. Does football need financial regulation? Is FFP the answer? And will UEFA come down hard on any breaches?
In 2010, over half of Europe's top division clubs lost money with total losses increasing 30 percent to €1.6 billion and debts growing to €8.4 billion. In recent years, many clubs across Europe's top leagues have gone into administration including Rangers, Portsmouth, Leeds, Southampton, Fiorentina, Racing Santander, Real Mallorca, Real Zaragoza and Real Betis, to name a few.
Something needed to be done. While a US-style salary cap may have some attractions as a means of ensuring financial stability and improving competitive balance, in practical terms it would simply drive the world's best players out of Europe. UEFA needed a solution which would achieve its aims without irreparably damaging club football in Europe.
UEFA worked closely with the European Commission to find a solution that would survive legal challenge and The Commission have now approved FFP, recommending it as "an effective model for other sports facing similar financial challenges".
FFP means that until at least 2018, clubs will benefit from an 'acceptable deviation' which will allow them to lose reducing amounts (€45m for the period 2012 to 2014 example) provided those losses are covered by equity investment.
More significantly, an exemption has been included which excludes the salary costs of any players signed before 1 June 2010 from the 2011/12 numbers of any club which reports a 'positive trend'. The effect of this exemption will be to give all clubs considerable breathing space until 2015/16 and explains why certain big-spending English teams are not too concerned about FFP just yet.
The jury is still out as to whether there are loopholes which clubs will be able to take advantage of. Over-valued sponsorship deals is a topic which has received considerable media attention. UEFA can look at suspiciously valued sponsorship deals but only where that transaction is with a 'related party' (a person or company with significant influence over the club). It's not difficult to imagine sweetheart deals being entered into with parties other than 'related parties' and, under the current wording of FFP, there wouldn't be anything which UEFA could do about it.
The revenues to be counted under FFP are defined broadly. FFP states that revenues only need to be excluded "if it is clearly and exclusively not related to the activities, locations or brand of the football club". They specify that "operations based at, or in close proximity to, a club's stadium and training facilities such as a hotel, restaurant, conference centre, business premises (for rental), health-care centre, other sports teams", can be included.
So revenues from the Arsenal property development or the Etihad Campus should be okay. Could clubs go further? Trabzonspor are building a hydroelectric power station in the hills above their stadium. Will they argue that the revenue generated should count as a business "in close proximity" to their stadium? Does this shed new light on Chelsea's bid for Battersea Power Station?!
Ensuring clubs stay solvent sounds sensible but there are arguments against FFP. Many worry it will skew the competitive balance in favour of clubs that already enjoy large revenue streams (such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich) while ensuring that potential new challengers will no longer be able to use external investment to catch up.
Owners will no longer be able to fund lavish player acquisitions without running into trouble under FFP, but investment in stadiums, infrastructure and youth development are not caught and can continue to be externally funded. However, building a stadium without fans to fill it will not help anyone, and most clubs (with some notable exceptions) have found youth development a challenging route to growing revenues.
UEFA have set out a sliding scale of sanctions: a warning, fine, points deduction, withholding prize money, preventing clubs from registering players and, ultimately, a ban or withdrawal of titles and awards.
We are waiting on guidance from UEFA as to how and when the sanctions will be imposed. This uncertainty in itself may be a useful deterrent. UEFA's general secretary, Gianni Infantino, has stated: "There may be intermediate measures. We would have to ask why, maybe there would be a warning, but we would bar clubs in breach of the rules from playing in the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, we lose all credibility."
This is undoubtedly true. For FFP to have credibility, some loopholes will need to be closed and UEFA will need to take, and be seen to take, strong action against clubs who are in breach.


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Twenty-three years after the Iron Curtain's fall, there's a new dividing line in Eastern Europe: A sharp contrast in quality of life between those nations where free markets and free society have flourished, and those where the state keeps an iron grip.
Believe it or not, I'm for fewer jobs, not more. Throughout 2012 we heard politicians and pundits of all stripes yammering endlessly on the need for job growth—that we don't have enough jobs. It's pure rubbish.
As the U.S. draws ever-closer to the fiscal geological formation that is anything but a cliff, investors seem eager to handicap what might happen should politicians fail to find a workaround.
With fiscal cliff fears hitting a fevered pitch, I had the chance recently to sit down with Ken Fisher and query him on his views of this widespread investor concern.
The debt ceiling debate seems to have returned from the dead. But as our boss Ken Fisher has said, what many folks miss is that the debt ceiling is a purely political (and arbitrary) machination. And it's one that members of Congress aren't terribly motivated to fix, so it's unlikely to kick the bucket anytime soon.
Mid-September's announcement of the Fed's now third round of quantitative easing was preceded by heated debate. Monetary hawks warned of the heightened risk of out-of-control inflation due to more Fed stimulus. Doves countered that the Fed should do more to stimulate the economy to lower a persistently high unemployment rate.
Says Fisher of the pharma stalwart, "It has near endless top-notch brand names, and a stream of new products will capture growth from an aging developed-world demographic plus new emerging middle classes overseas—all wrapped in a classically cheap stock."
MarketMinder's View: This echoes a sentiment we've written about many times in the past—if you tax something, you'll get less of it. Put simply, despite wildly variable marginal tax rates, the historical record shows US federal tax revenues tend to be quite stable. That said, we're skeptical either party's plan necessarily meets their "goal," considering both hinge on long-range forecasts. For more, see our 10/01/2012 cover story, "Fiscal Cliff, Meet Fiscal Norm."
Risk is paramount for most investors. And well it should! But I suspect, for many investors, risk and volatility are always and everywhere interchangeable. Volatility is a key risk—but it isn't the only one (a point made in the latest book I co-authored with Ken Fisher, Plan Your Prosperity.) There are myriad risks investors should consider. For example, interest rate risk.
A key concern for many investors: If a fiscal cliff deal doesn't happen soon, will higher corporate and dividend taxes hit retirees counting on dividend income particularly hard? A better question: If you need portfolio income, why are you relying on high dividends primarily? (A subject tackled in Plan Your Prosperity, the latest book I co-authored with Ken Fisher.)
Sunday, the autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia voted in snap-elections called by regional President Artur Mas. He, his Convergence and Union Party (CiU) and members of other separatist parties in the region hoped to use the elections to secure a mandate for independence from Spain, paving the way for a referendum on the issue.
When UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced Mark Carney will succeed Sir Mervyn King as BOE chief next year, the surprise was universal: The Brits picked a Canadian?!
While many were focused on China's changing leadership following last week's 18th National Party Congress, another far more subtle but potentially very impactful change also occurred: China's state-run media replaced bank lending with "total social financing" as its preferred lending indicator.
Everyone fears America's fiscal cliff, so don't you dare. Others are already doing it for you for free, as a favour. So thank them.
The fiscal cliff will be of utmost importance! Politicians will be very serious about it. They'll go on Sunday talk shows, write earnest op-eds, furrow brows and point fingers. They want it solved! They're working on it! Those other people across the aisle are stalling. We've made proposals. They've rejected them. They hate the middle class. We love the middle class. Etc., etc.
Of all the headwinds plaguing Japan's economy in recent years, one of the biggest is political uncertainty. Japan's had seven prime ministers in as many years, making it difficult for leadership to enact meaningful economic reform—something Japan could use in spades. And with the lower house of Parliament dissolved November 15 and a snap election now scheduled for December 16, the revolving doors may soon turn again.
Stock-market-wise, as we fade from this emotionally excessive election cycle, there are three things I want you to focus on. First, don't believe too much in your political ideology relative to how the economy and markets will do. Most folks make that mistake. Those whose side loses typically see a dismal future. Don't bet on it.
Politicking over the fiscal cliff has begun in earnest—highlighting the fact both sides now disavow the cliff (somehow forgetting it was entirely of their making).
As South Korea's presidential election campaign heats up, expect one rallying cry to dominate all others: "economic democratization."
If you're hunting for higher yields, be sure to watch your back.
European and Asian leaders, including French President Francois Hollande, have urged one another to do what they can to free global trade, citing protectionism as a risk to the global economy. To that we say: Hear, hear!
The investor class seems particularly morose over a second Obama term. In their view, conventional wisdom is a Democrat is toxic for stocks. Naturally, Democrats will say the stock market always does better under a Democratic president.
Friday's first estimate of US Q3 GDP showed growth of +2.0% in the quarter, an uptick from Q2's +1.3% rate, exceeding analysts' estimates. Under the hood, there were some stronger points and some weaker, but overall there's little here representing a sharp divergence from other recent reports.
With the election looming, both parties now clamor the "fiscal cliff" must be leveled—including President Obama who recently claimed the sequestration "will not happen." (How quick politicians forget this is a predicament of their making.)
When China's new leaders take power in the coming months, they will face a Herculean task: Reforming the nation's bloated state-owned or controlled enterprises (SOEs). Or so vowed Wang Yong, head of China's State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), in an Oct. 24 address to China's bi-monthly legislative session.
When it comes to China-related fears, two have dominated lately: The fear China's economy suffers a hard landing and takes the world down with it, and the fear China's economy will overtake the US's.
News stories in recent days have touted America's recent surge in oil production, positing the US could produce more oil than Saudi Arabia by 2020.
Simplicity and understanding are two cornerstones of successful long-term investing, yet it truly seems much of the investment industry hasn't grasped this, doesn't agree or otherwise prefers not to operate transparently.
Last month I introduced the notion of concentrating on only stocks larger than the global markets' $80 billion average market capitalization. There are now only 70 such megacaps.
In 2012, financial news has been dominated by Europe, China and the US—with the eurozone's troubles, China's economic wobbling and the US's looming "fiscal cliff," investors are hyper focused on these areas and how they could impact global stocks.
Every four years, we're treated to the spectacle of two men jockeying for power in the world's most powerful nation -- and predictably, this involves ample fact-stretching and twisting. At Fisher Investments, we're politically agnostic: We prefer neither party over the other, finding much to dislike (and occasionally something to cheer) in both parties' policies and proposals.
Dear reader, you may have made it this far—and thank you for that—but I'm not delusional enough to think you'll nod with me for long. Even if I temporarily possessed Hemingway's pen and Churchill's persuasion powers, you likely won't slide my way. You see, this is politics, and I'm repeatedly told this presidential election is critical. But in my view, it's less important to your portfolio than one tangential point I'll get to later. (Yeah, I know, you don't buy it. And you probably won't later, either.)
News to no one: Stock returns in the 2000s were overall flat—US stocks annualized -1% returns. Even today, over three years since the end of the recession and bear market, a popular media meme is because returns had been bad and we just had a big recession, America is headed into a "lost decade" of low market returns and poor growth.
For the past few years, one question has puzzled UK economic policymakers: Why aren't banks lending more? Or specifically, why haven't the Bank of England's (BOE) Asset Purchase Programme (quantitative easing), Project Merlin or the National Loan Guarantee Scheme significantly increased the amount banks lend to households and small businesses?
This November, a very important election will take place. The result, many say, could determine the fate of one of the world's biggest regional economies.
New Jersey faces some tough issues. And not just being a ubiquitous punch line and those occasionally uncomfortably close-to-accurate Sopranos storylines.
With fall setting in and the conventions over, the race to determine the president of the United States is in full swing. And weather patterns notwithstanding, it seems the amount of hot air is set to increase — a normal quadrennial occurrence as two candidates jockey for position.
In the second half of nearly every bull market you need only own bigger-than-average stocks to beat the market. By that, I mean market value north of $78 billion, which is the average market capitalization of stocks in the MSCI All Country World Index.
During elections, it's not uncommon for presidential candidates to say they'll "fix" the economy, and the opponent only wants to wreck it to enrich buddies, favored industries, and so on. Which rather implies the president has much more power than he actually has.
As the US's election draws nearer, I've seen more and more articles bemoaning the apparently unprecedented polarization of our great nation—Republicans and Democrats distrust each other like never before, Congress can't get anything done and neither Presidential candidate can seize popular momentum. And somehow, we're told, this is a worrisome development.
As if it weren't hard enough to know if a politician means what he says. Now, they say what they mean.
Stocks love gridlock. Which is why election-year stock returns historically are above-average positive.
On Tuesday, Moody's threatened to downgrade the US—if the US doesn't plunge over the metaphorical cliff that is fiscal.
Included in the GOP 2012 platform (which, according to many politicians, no one reads) is a proposal to consider the feasibility of a "metallic basis for US currency" (read: gold standard)— music to the ears of gold standard fans.
Control is an alluring temptress. We humans are notorious for attempting to maintain control over as many aspects of our lives as possible—our weight, the number of calories we consume (or don't), the number of friends we have on social media sites, how well-regarded our Twitter feed is and so on until we're micromanaging our own selves to the point of absurdity. Being humans (their protestations to the contrary aside), politicians are equally subject to such enticements.
You won't find it on any top-10 lists, but to me, free trade belongs with Bill Buckner and Steve Bartman as one of the greatest scapegoats in modern times. Sure, free trade agreements never robbed anyone of a World Series title, but they've been pinned for more job losses and business woes than I can count—and, likely, far more than they should be.
One year after S&P downgraded America from its sterling AAA credit rating, across the board, Treasury rates are lower. Yes, that is the opposite of what most would generally expect.
The Republican National Convention starts Monday, and the Democrats follow suit next weekend—which means the campaign is officially under way.
So turn your hot-air detector on high. Here are three things both candidates will likely say (repeatedly) during this election cycle that have little grounding in reality.
As of yesterday, the S&P 500 (total return) breached its previous all-time high. Which may make this the most hated bull market of all time.
Leave it to California to get its financial scandal completely backwards.
In most places, a state funding scandal would involve money going missing. But here in my great state, alarm bells rang when officials discovered many departments had, well, too much money. An extra $2.3 billion, in fact--not exactly chump change in this cash-strapped state.
In the ongoing dust-up over the "fiscal cliff," the Joint Committee on Taxation estimates the cost to extend the much-debated "Bush tax cuts" will be $54 billion in 2013.
As PIIGS go, Spain and Italy have hogged headlines since July 26 when European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi suggested the bank may purchase Spanish and Italian debt to help ease borrowing costs.
In recent weeks, there's been an increasing din in media proclaiming stocks are either dead, dying or at least seriously infirm. Most often, the evidence provided that the end is near are comparisons of GDP growth and long-run equity market returns.
Frequently, you can hear (or read) that because stock returns have been, on average, materially higher than average US GDP growth rates, there's a big disconnect and shouldn't the two roughly match? Hence, doesn't that mean a new era of long-term lousy stock returns must kick off, forthwith?
Here is some investing advice for a world with seemingly too many whiners. First, just shut up—if you're upset, that is. It will help. Psychologists will tell you the opposite, that talking it out helps. Not with investing. The more you talk about investing problems, the worse you feel. Instead of complaining, it's better to do something.
n a year there's been much jaw-wagging over whether certain people do or don't pay their "fair share" of taxes, you'd think the CBO's latest report on the distribution of household income and taxes would garner more prime time.
QE3. The mere mention of these three alphanumeric characters seems to have an almost narcotic effect on investors and commentators. The US is slowing, they argue, and only the Fed's magic money can get things moving again. Quantitative easing is our economic drug, and we need more, more, more.
Plenty of editorial space has been dedicated lately to the dearth of fiscal stimulus measures being globally employed — and the overabundance of "austerity" measures, ostensibly referring to some countries' mix of (typically) tax increases and government spending cuts.
President Obama is taking a lot of heat for you-didn't-build-that-gate. Campaigns are marathons—politicians are giving 3 or 4 (or more) speeches a day—and every word taped and every sentence prone to get lifted and blasted, out of context, ad nauseum in your opponent's ads (blogs, YouTube vids, etc.).
Another day, another op-ed about how high unemployment is a hindrance to economic growth.
One frequent quibble I have with many economic commentators is they habitually underestimate both free markets' and individuals' power to solve the seemingly unsolvable—and overestimate the government's ability to do so, sans harmful side effects or unintended consequences.
Homebuyers rejoice! The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has found a way to potentially make the mortgage application process very slightly incrementally less onerous.
Slowing Chinese economic growth has been a prominent topic of concern for the better part of 2012.
Evidently, France has discovered the secret to enhancing economic competitiveness: really, really high taxes!
Fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes magazine's 95-year history celebrates another year.
Herman Van Rompuyhas a vision problem. Oh, I'm sure the good man-EU poet laureate, Belgian Prime Minister and European Council President-sees just fine through his eyeballs. But the quixotic ambitions in his recent proposal for a federalist eurozone suggest his mind's eye is a touch fuzzy. He seems to think he can help create the United States of Europe. But it won't work, at least as he envisions it.
Ratings companies, whose scores have helped determine the cost of money for governments and businesses for more than a century, are no longer trusted by the world's biggest investors, according to the former head of structured finance at Standard & Poor's.
In the ongoing fiscal cliff saga, additional volleys have been fired in recent days. For the uninitiated, the so-called fiscal cliff is most often referring to the confluence of sunsetting Bush-era tax rates and some automatic spending cuts tied to last year's debt ceiling dust-up. Left alone, tax rates for all US taxpayers could move materially higher in 2013.
Moody's recently completed a review of 17 global banks' credit ratings (a study that took four months) and "repositioned" (or in simpler vernacular, downgraded) over a dozen. Moody's cited, among other things, banks' potential future earnings volatility, increased capitalization requirements, liquidity buffers and exposure to Europe and the US housing industry.
It is a "truth" universally acknowledged: The repeal of 1933's Glass-Steagall Act was directly responsible for the events of 2008. After all, had the Financial Services Modernization Act (FSMA) of 1999 not removed the dividing line between commercial and investment banking—had banks been properly "ringfenced," in today's vernacular—banks' balance sheets wouldn't have been overleveraged and riddled with so-called toxic assets. And the wave of failures and bailouts thus would never have crested.
With 2012 nearly half over, the following list, though not comprehensive, highlights a few questions that we believe many investors are pondering for 2012's back half.
"It is not clear why a bank needs to do lots of activities in financial services that aren't banking," Ken Fisher, CEO and founder of Woodside, California-based Fisher Investments, which manages about $44 billion, said in an interview. "It is not clear to me, other than perhaps in some very specialty cases, that being a bank helps you be an investment bank or an asset manager or an insurer."
Good news! If you're on vacation and get sick, you're entitled to schedule another vacation. Less good news. To qualify, you must be employed in Europe.
You may already be acquainted with Ken Fisher. He's the author of "Portfolio Strategy," a long-running column in Forbes, and he's well-known as the biggest wealth manager in the U.S.: His firm, Fisher Investments, has more than $41 billion under management. He's also got a lot of wealth in his own right; Forbes estimates his worth at $1.7 billion.
"Moody's is not going to detect some problem in advance and move a rating to warn the public," said Ken Fisher, chief executive officer and founder of Woodside, California-based Fisher Investments, which has about $44 billion under management. "Whether it's a stock or a bond, the free market already did that. Moody's goes along afterwards and effectively validates what the market's already done."
Other banks challenging Moody's include Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Royal Bank of Scotland. Moody's said that those three plus Citi, which were all recipients of taxpayer bailouts, have a history of "high volatility" and problems with risk management.
At a recent White House press briefing, President Obama committed a grievous error and did the unthinkable: He doled out economic analysis and suggested that ... wait for it ... the private sector's "doing fine."
President Obama continues to get hoots and hollers over his statement the private economy is doing fine. He then later attempted to walk that statement back, which only led to speculation whether the first statement was a gaffe, not a gaffe, or a Washington gaffe (that's when politicians inadvertently say something they mean).
When China released its 12th Five-Year Plan in March 2011, one sentence raised more than a few eyebrows: "Government at all levels should create a sound policy, system and legal environment, break down market segmentation and industry monopoly, stimulate initiative and creativity of market players, steer the behavior of market players towards national strategic objectives."
A common investor fear thus far in 2012 has been the potential fallout from a slowing Chinese economy. And it is true China's Q1 GDP growth rate decelerated from Q4 2011—and that may have carried a bit into Q2. However, more recent numbers suggest the stimulus measures China continues to employ are having an impact.
The latest Q1 US GDP growth estimate was revised down to 1.9%. However, the headline number often obscures realities. For example, government spending was one of the larger downward revisions—falling -3.9%. Ignore that, and GDP was relatively gangbusters!
Eurobonds. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hates them. French President François Hollande loves them. And a growing chorus of EU officials think they're the best bet for preserving the euro.
But are they, really?
With the 2012 U.S. presidential race in full swing, rhetoric is also heating up. Rhetoric aside (which is always heated in elections -- nothing unusual about that), election years are typically good for stocks. U.S. stocks have historically done well in election years, averaging 10.9% since 1928.
If any word in the English language seems to give Angela Merkel hives, it's this: eurobonds.
Eurobonds, in case you've missed it, is the latest "big idea" in the eurozone
Perhaps part of Greece's problem is it's illegal to sell books after 6 PM. That's not the only problem, but it's possibly emblematic of deeper issues.
Since its 2008 launch, the Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (KWT)has fallen 94% from a peak of $43.93/share to roughly $2.50/share currently.
This year, ignore political babble. You'll be better off. Ignore debt debates, silly fake controversies and finger pointing over who is or isn't the bigger fan of private enterprise. (I win that footrace, anyway.)
It's popular among politicians, particularly in an election year, to bemoan the death of various aspects of American life-whether cultural, political or economic-because it allows incumbents and candidates alike to proclaim how they'll save the day.
With earnings season effectively over (474 firms have reported), S&P 500 profit growth averaged 8% — soundly beating consensus estimates of 3.2% — and marking the 11th consecutive quarter of earnings growth.
This week, in comments reported by China's Xinhua news agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hinted at the government's economic strategy, saying China should "properly handle the relationship between maintaining stable and relatively fast growth, adjusting the economic structure and managing inflationary expectations.
Whether Facebook quadrupled or cratered, it's been trading for 2 days and some change (as I write). Nothing about nothing over 2.17 days tells you anything about anything. Its falling price isn't even that unusual for über-fresh IPOs, which tend to lose money on average in their first few trading sessions.
I know it may seem passé in the age of iPads, eReaders and Kindles, but one of my passions is collecting books, especially investment classics. I didn't know it at the time, but the first classic I read was in 1959 when I was 8 years old. It was my father Phil Fisher's New York Times Best Seller Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. I complained about it cutting into my summer vacation and didn't really understand it, but it probably sparked my love for investing books.
For all of California's effort to close their funding gap, it seems California's budget deficit is now $16 billion. For those doing the math, that's $7 billion more than the most recent $9 billion projection. Contributing to the wider gap were tax receipts coming in about $4 billion below projections.
When April's U.S. unemployment came out, one headline perfectly captured the news and popular reaction: "Unemployment Rate Hits Three-Year Low. Hooray? No, Boo!" Headline unemployment fell to 8.1%, but payroll gains slowed and missed expectations, fueling fears of weaker employment growth from here.
Elections in Greece and France over the weekend have ushered in a new period of uncertainty for financial markets that could stand in the way of the easy-money rally that boosted stocks at the start of the year.
There's been much discussion lately of America's impending "fiscal cliff." And some have recently bandied about the term "taxmageddon" to describe the likely scenario if politicians don't take certain actions by the year's end.
US and global corporate earnings have grown for nine straight quarters—nearly all big, double-digit quarterly growth. Revenue, a more direct reflection of the growing global economy, has also grown consistently of late. But now, consensus expectations are full-year 2012 earnings growth will be slower than 2011's 15%.
It's simple to understand, and has a nice ring to it. It's made some investors look like geniuses recently. Say it enough and you might even believe it.
Too bad "Sell in May and go away" doesn't work.
For decades, many U.S. investors have feared the decline of American manufacturing. Some point to manufacturing's falling share of the economy, others to the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs. However, a close look at global data shows America remains a manufacturing powerhouse and leads a worldwide wave of productivity gains.
San Francisco has decided to get patriotic.
BART, the Bay Area's public rail line, will replace 775 trains in its aging fleet, giving preference to vendors who build the trains in America. The idea is to help create American jobs—a lofty goal.
Most readers know that I am an ardent student of market history and a firm believer that it's prone to repeating itself. So I'm often asked what the current era echoes. My answer: the early 1990s.
The heretofore undefined "Buffett rule" got a bit less murky recently, as the senate introduced the "Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012" in March and the president commented on the proposal yesterday.
America's least corrupt state is . . . New Jersey.
That's not a punchline.
The Center for Public Integrity recently released its State Integrity Investigation, aimed at measuring state corruption. In their words "The Investigation is not simply a tally of scandals that have occurred in state governments." Fair enough, except they don't really define what "corruption" means.
Stocks are having a fine year - global stocks in pounds are up nearly 10% in the first quarter. Yet, instead of cheering, folks are gloomy - a positive factor that will boost stocks higher still in 2012.
It's an election year, which means we should all expect plenty of tax policy, debt and deficit rhetoric. And rhetoric can get heated -- but before getting swept away, here are some important factors to keep in mind.
Fisher Investments in November opened a campus near the city's lesser-known namesake, Vancouver, Washington. Residents of the town of about 161,800 enjoy the double benefit of no state income tax in Washington while living close to sales-tax free Oregon.
Ah, the partisan electricity of an election year! The hot-gas-bag-bluster pollutes our media-saturated senses all year round. It's a blessed thing for the stock market, and in a variety of ways. Call me non-civic, but investors shouldn't care a wit who wins the White House this year.
Is happiness more important than economic growth?
Many argue GDP is a faulty economic measure. I have my own quibbles with GDP. While the top-line number isn't a perfect indicator of economic health, the underlying data is instructive, and it does allow for more of an apples-to-apples comparison across nations.
Since the peripheral eurozone's debt troubles seized the spotlight in 2010, one fear has repeatedly cropped up: Contagion. Folks worried a Greek default would trigger credit default swaps (CDS), setting off a chain reaction of bank failures across the Continent. However, reality has thus far proved far more benign.
For the first time in 26 years, I opened my eyes this morning and could see—thanks to capitalism.
Last year was a dismal year for Chinese stocks. The popular FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index of blue chips fell nearly 18%. This year it has already gained 7.9%, and I think Chinese stocks will shine in 2012.
Happy birthday to the bull market, which turned three March 9. It's been far from smooth sailing (what bull market is?) as the bull has contended near constantly with greatly exaggerated rumors of its death at the hands of some tiny European nations' debt loads, "too-high" unemployment, a US double-dip (that never happened), contentious politics, etc.
Chinese officials caused quite a stir when they lowered their 2012 economic growth target to 7.5%. Many already fretted a Chinese hard landing in 2012, and if Chinese growth were indeed to match the target, it would be the slowest expansion since 1990. However, recent history suggests Chinese growth should exceed those low expectations.
Long-term forecasts are rarely sunny or even middling. In fact, they're often fairly dystopian: Peak oil, peak gas, peak water, peak food, mass hysteria, zombie apocalypse.
With aggregate eurozone GDP contracting in Q4 2011 and the European Commission forecasting a Continental recession in 2012, investors may wonder what a eurozone recession means for the global economy and equity markets.
In our view, the bull market likely continues with gusto throughout 2012, with strongly positive equity returns. Sentiment remains dour -- investors continue to fear an imminent eurozone collapse, too much debt, a deteriorating U.S. economy, political turmoil, etc.
Q4 2011 GDP growth was revised up to 3% from 2.8%. Which is nice, but backward looking. GDP calculations are inherently a bit wonky and a few basis-point revisions don't matter much, particularly since GDP can be and frequently is revised significantly, even many years later.
You may remember that in my February column last year I predicted that 2011 would "frustrate bulls and bears alike—without a big directional trend" and "end up or down just by a hair." I was right, but my stock picking could have been better.
It seems the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) believes a good way to protect you would be curtailing the practice of banks discretely covering your checks, instantaneously, should you overdraft.
In our view, stock returns are strongly positive in 2012 and the world overall grows, even though the eurozone is likely a weak spot and may even go into recession in aggregate.
With Ron Paul still in the running for president, it's become popular (again) to call for a return to the gold standard.
2011 was by nearly any count a volatile year chock full of news—the majority tied to the eurozone, specifically the countries known as the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain).
Come April or May (ish?) Facebook plans to join the ranks of Tech IPOs, probably aiming to be more like Google and less like Pets.com. Though who knows?
Ken Fisher and his firm's Investment Policy Committee detail their market and macroeconomic forecast for the year ahead.
Three years into the eurozone's peripheral debt saga, a ton of political and financial capital has been spent, the euro hasn't suddenly shattered and a eurozone-born financial panic hasn't erupted.
Folks often talk as if gridlock is a bad thing. Then, there's House Resolution 29, which would immediately withdraw the US from NAFTA.
New educational video answers common questions about the US's outstanding debt
It's an election year! At this stage, it's impossible to handicap who wins. But one thing's certain: Expect all candidates to keep repeating the tired "US manufacturing is dying" bromide.
As the US debt ceiling closes in on its 105th increase in 94 years, investors' concerns over the US's debt load are returning to the fore. But are these concerns well-founded? The answers to these three common questions may provide surprising insight.
Where are all the "January effect" headlines?
You know—all the "so goes January goes the year" stories"? Sometimes folks just focus on the first five days: "So goes the first five days goes the month goes the year." Because if you believed in this "effect" you ought to be bullish. Which is perhaps why, in general, those who believe most in this myth are whistling and looking a different direction.
New research graphic answers three key questions about America's debt.
Did you know the US is about to raise the debt ceiling? For the 105th time?
Seems odd another increase is quietly pending since the penultimate increase (that's right, there was one after that) in August last was preceded by a solid two months of political histrionics, name-calling and hyperbole. Then S&P downgraded the US!
Investors are about to find out if the economic woes in Europe are going to deliver a deep wound to U.S. company earnings instead of the mere scratch that many expect.
With the new year comes a new round of bold predictions for financial markets.
I'm recently back from three weeks traveling in Europe. The trip has given me better perspective on the market's current obsession—the troubled euro zone. To put it bluntly, I say, give 'em the finger—the Italian Finger, that is.
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On a sunny and pleasant Missoula evening Missoula Mayor John Engen joined the preride gathering to proclaim May 21, 2014 as Ride of Silence day in Missoula Montana. After the Mayor's proclamation we shared remembrances of those who have been killed in bicycle motor-vehicle crashes in the Missoula area in the past. Missoula has been fortunate to have had no bike rider fatalities in at least 2 years. After a reading of the Ride of Silence poem 8 bike riders proceeded to ride the 6.5 mile route and returned to the Missoula County Courthouse.
Thanks to KPAX for media coverage.
What's in There For Me: Mining National Data for Information on Walking and Bicycling
The next APBP Webinar that BWAM will present will provide an examination of the large national databases available to us and how they can be queried to extract data on cycling and walking in our communities. This webinar will provide a user-friendly, 101-level overview of the National Household Travel Survey and the American Community Survey, including a detailed description of the data relevant to bicycle and pedestrian trips to be found in each data set; how to use the NHTS Table Designer Tool and the U.S. Census Factfinder website to extract information and build a profile of your community; and a discussion of the limitations and caveats of these tools. The session includes a case study from Portland, Oregon, that shows how these data can be used to build support for investments in cycling and walking. Presenters are Dr. Robert Schneider, Assistant Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Urban Planning, and Roger Geller, Bicycle Coordinator, City of Portland.
Join us in the 1st floor conference room at Garlington, Lohn, and Robinson, 350 Ryman Street at 12:00 am. Register early for a free lunch. Remember, you MUST register in advance to reserve your lunch.
- When: Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 12:00 noon
- Where: 1st Floor Conference Room, Garlington, Lohn, & Robinson, 350 Ryman St., Missoula
- What: What's in There For Me: Mining National Data for Information on Walking and Bicycling
- Registration: Register here for a free lunch! Please register by 5:00 PM of Tuesday 10/8 to insure you are provided a lunch.
Continuing Education Credits: APBP will provide an attendance certificate to those who document their professional development hours; each 60-minute webinar provides one hour of training (.1 CEU). APBP applies to the AICP for Certification Maintenance credit for each webinar.
The Travel Channel, Outdoor and Adventure columnist Ryan Van Duzer posted his ranking of the top 10 bicycling cities in the US. Yes, Missoula has been recognized again as a premiere bicycling city in 8th place ahead of San Diego, CA. and Louisville, KY.
Introducing the Norman Maclean Trail
Like many a fly fisherman in western Montana where the summer days are almost arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades into a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
Many a Missoulian can relate to this passage from local author Norman Maclean's beloved novel, A River Runs Through it. Whether you fly fish or bike or rock climb, if you live in western Montana its wild landscape holds some part of you captive, drawing you into the outdoors again and again to explore a new trail or rock wall or part of a river. For those of us who have lived elsewhere, we know that access to a wild 'playground' in our backyard is what makes Missoula unique. And soon outdoor enthusiasts and explorers will have access to a new trail route through the forested backyard that connects the Rattlesnake to the west side of Seeley Lake. The Missoula Community Foundation and the Seeley Lake Community Foundation have teamed up to bring the new trail to life and are naming it in honor of Norman Maclean's local legacy. Read the rest of this entry »
Missoula's Downtown Bike Den
Open For Use
With the ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 the new Bike Den at the Mountain Line Transfer Station has officially opened. This great new facility provides covered parking for bicycles, a self-service bike repair station with tire inflator and display cases for bike commuter information. Stop by and check out this facility on Pine Street between Ryman and Woody Streets.
- Vending machine has snacks plus minor parts including replacement inner tubes.
- Convenient stand to hold your bike while you make adjustments
- Convenient stand to hold your bike while you make adjustments
- Basic bike repair tools tethered to the bike stand.
- Basic bike repair tools tethered to the bike stand.
- Air compressor with both Presta and Shrader connections and pressure indicator.
With the new 3-bike racks on the Mountain Line buses this Den makes for biking and busing in perfect harmony. These improvements were funded through a Federal Livability Grant obtained by Mountain Line to improve transportation services for Missoula.
Tuesday evening, October 2, 2012, at Meadow Hill Middle School approximately 30 local enthusiasts attended an open house showing the latest renditions of possible trail alignments between Missoula and Lolo. View the handout from this meeting in PDF format (1.8MB).
This potential trail would complete the link from Missoula to Hamilton with linkages to additional bike friendly routes across the country. DJ&A, P.C. is the consulting contractor performing the feasibility study.
See the KPAX-TV report.
Jean Belangie-Nye, Board Member of BWAM has been a primary participant for BWAM and the community moving this project forward. Jean continues to work with Missoula County staff, MDT staff, and DJ&A staff to keep this project on track and in progress.
Additional detail files are now available as of Oct. 26, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
The new website for the Open Streets Project includes Missoula as one of 65 sites around the US setting aside time for citizens to enjoy their streets. Thanks to Missoula in Motion for being the prime organizer for this event in Missoula.
"Open streets initiatives temporarily close streets to automobiles, allowing residents to walk, bike, skate, dance and utilize the roadways in countless creative and active ways. From Los Angeles to Ottawa, and Missoula to Miami, open streets have become a way for cities to build community, promote active transportation and reconnect neighborhoods divided by traffic.
"The website, www.OpenStreetsProject.org, showcases dozens of current initiatives across the continent and allows municipalities and advocacy organizations to share information and resources on their open streets initiatives as they evolve and expand."


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