When one looks at the MBA data that reveal that applications for the purchases of new homes are down 7.5 percent on a year-over-year basis, it is not hard to see that the gain reported this month is not a sustainable trend.

It's going to make the markets a bit jittery, especially when the market is conditioned to be data-dependent.

When I take the drought [in the Midwest] this summer with the orange juice situation, I feel more comfortable that, in the next nine months or so, we may see [rising] food prices...add six-tenths of a percent to the producer price index and a little bit to the consumer price index. That makes the argument for deflation that much more unreasonable.

Most applications aren't designed in such a way that data can be moved around underneath them and still function.

When it comes to success in business, an MBA degree is optional. But a GSD, which is only earned by Getting Stuff Done, is required.

If someone is making one or two purchases, the die-cast is usually one of them. The die-cast, the hat and T-shirt are something you can't necessarily purchase at Wal-Mart, and it's something they can put in their bag and carry around.