Tag: GDP

90 Days of Rush Limbaugh: It’s Enough to Make Me Miss Dave Ramsey

Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 1pm
By John Friedman

It’s been 90 days since I first heard Rush Limbaugh come out of my radio where once Dave Ramsey had been. Pre-2014, I’d been doing here and there 15-minute Dave Ramsey listenings as a part of my morning twa-let, and can quite unequivocally state that, even though I often disagreed […]

Financial Predictions for 2014: I Predict They Will be Mostly Useless

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 2pm
By John Friedman

T’is the time of year when the financial media outlets — both lay and professional — are chock-full of stories about what 2014 will bring. Should you listen to them? I’ll start off with a blanket response to that question of nyet, and soften it only if you promise to […]

The Heartbreak of Student Debt

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 1pm
By John Friedman

As a financial planner, I sometimes hear really sad stories. And sometimes I hear stories that are so . . . repugnant, let’s say . . . that I feel them in my gut and it takes my breath away and leaves a big pit in my stomach. On the […]

The Problem with Trying to Predict the Future: Whooz t’ Know?

Friday, January 27, 2006 at 11am
By John Friedman

Today I awake to a report that growth of the GDP last quarter was anemic, at a 1.1% annual rate (3% to 5% is usually considered Goldilocksian just right, in the sense that too much growth can generate wicked inflation, and too little growth can feed on itself to generate […]