Gulf Shores    In the way back pages of the Wall Street Journal today an item was buried that jumped up like a searchlight on a dark night.  To no one’s surprise (at least no one I know!) it seems that even after the total collapse of New Century Mortgage Company in early 2007, most lenders …

New Orleans        The House of Representatives in the U.S. Congress spent a lot of time this week sanding down the edges and loosening some of the nuts and bolts to make it easier for students to get loans for college.  The Government has opened the discount window of the Federal Reserve and agreed to …

San Francisco        In the second day of the Tides Momentum Conference I found myself surfing between the calm waves of constantly moving new information and the breaking crest of overload in trying to process it all.  Longer notes began to focus more on simple quotes that helped imprint the various speakers and their 18 …