Since the Great Crash of 2009 I’ve often wondered if we are experiencing a run of the mill type of recession or something else. I’ve also thought a lot about large scale fundamental shifts in behavior, like if everyone stopped shopping at the same time. Now I think about whether or not consumer behavior has [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Scary Chart of the Day
Posted in Business Trends, tagged business, Scary Charts on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
6.0 305 lbs + Sleep Apnea = Standard!
Posted in Business Trends, tagged business, underwriting on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Impaired risk trends in life insurance – Life Insurance – Life Insurance Selling
Buy Now! Rates are Rising!
Posted in Business Trends, tagged business on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good Time To Refinance Term Life Insurance – Courant.com
Here’s another article on rising term rates in the industry. If this type of reporting continues, there should be a huge spike in term insurance sales by the 4Q of this year.
More Mediterranean Diet News
Posted in Nutrition, tagged Diet, Lifelong Learning, Lifestyle, underwriting on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Medical News: Alcohol Top ‘Active Ingredient’ in Mediterranean Diet – in Primary Care, Diet & Nutrition from MedPage Today
Moderate alcohol intake may be the single biggest contributor to the Mediterranean diet’s longevity benefit, accounting for 23.5% of the effect in a prospective cohort study.
“My advice to people is drink wine unless you like it [...]
Term Life Rates Rising
Posted in Business Trends, tagged business on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to Cope With Rising Life Insurance Rates – Kiplinger.com
Not an extremely informative article but a snapshot of what the mainstream consumer financial press is reporting on the long awaited upswing in term insurance rates.
New Byetta Studies
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Medical News, underwriting, tagged Byetta, diabetes, pharmaceutical, underwriting on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FDA Warning of Byetta Pancreatitis Side Effects Contradicted by New Studies – AboutLawsuits.com
Note where this original post is located. Let’s all wait and see if the FDA changes their position on the drug.
A Disturbing Picture – Scary Chart of the Day June 27, 2009
Posted in Business Trends, Question of The Day, tagged business, Scary Charts on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EconomPic: Global Unemployment to Rise to 1970’s Levels
Does anyone else besides me find this chart to be really disturbing?
Eat Healthy, Live Longer (and prosper)
Posted in Nutrition, underwriting, tagged Diet, Lifelong Learning, underwriting on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Eat Well, Live Longer – BusinessWeek
All I do is point. The rest is up to you.
Read a Book a Week – Advice From Tim Sanders
Posted in Lifelong Learning, tagged business, business success, Lifelong Learning, Lifestyle, personal success, Read a Book a Week on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sanders Says: The total confidence reading plan
Sanders is a former Yahoo exec with some interesting ideas about everything.
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Training!
Posted in Business Trends, tagged business, Lifelong Learning on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
REDUCING OR ELIMINATING TRAINING TO CUT COSTS
IN THE RECESSION
Percentage of companies reporting they had reduced or eliminated training
October 2008
10%
December 2008
23
February 2009
35
April 2009
42
Percentage of companies reporting they planned to reduce or eliminate training
October 2008
18%
December 2008
18
February 2009
15
April 2009
8
Source: [...]
