http://www.davemanuel.comDaveManuel.com | Economy and Stock Market ThoughtsThu, 17 Feb 2011 00:28:06 +0000http://backend.userland.com/rss092en The price of oil is currently a hot topic right now, as the war in Iran has sent the price of a barrel of oil shooting higher. Oil is extremely volatile and always has been. Case in point? In July of 2008, the price of a barrel of West Texas ...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/03/07/price-oil-2008-2020-great-recession-covid-19/How much did the United States spend on World War I and World War II, and how do these costs compare to the costs of modern warfare? Compared to World War II and modern wars, World War I was relatively cheap for the United States in terms of dolla...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/28/ww1-ww2-united-states-cost/Which US President suffered the greatest loss in a midterm election? That "distinction" belongs to President Grover Cleveland, who lost 116 House seats and 4 Senate seats in the 1894 midterm elections. This came four years after President Benj...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/12/worst-performance-midterm-election/Since the beginning of the United States, a total of eight Presidents have died while serving in the White House. Of these eight Presidents, four were assassinated, while the other four died of natural causes. President William Henry Harrison...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/10/presidents-died-in-office/The midterm election is usually not a pretty result for the party that is currently occupying the White House. Since 1946, the President's party has lost seats 18 out of 20 times - only President Bill Clinton (1998) and President George W. Bush (...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/08/us-president-best-midterm-result/President Donald Trump has teased the idea of running for a third term in the White House on multiple occasions. Running for a third term, of course, is barred by the 22nd Amendment, which states that "no person shall be elected to the office of ...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/04/former-presidents-22nd-amendment/A few hours had passed following the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, and Archibald MacLeish's mind was racing. While the rest of the country was paralyzed by the horrific December 7th, 1941 attack, MacLeish, the Librarian of Congress, had...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/02/world-war-ii-mission-protect-constitution/The Chicago Bears have been one of the greatest investments in the history of mankind, returning a total of 8.2 billion percent (and counting). From the franchise's inception in 1920 until now, the Bears have had an annualized return of 18.76%, e...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/02/01/chicago-bears-return-on-investment/In 1944, the top marginal tax rate in the United States hit 94%. The justification? In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the country needed "steeply graduated taxes.. to keep the cost of the war out of the pockets of the common man....https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/01/30/marginal-tax-rate-94-percent-united-states/Midterm elections usually aren't pretty for the party that is in the White House. Since World War II, the sitting President has lost an average of 26 House seats and 4 Senate seats. This is due to a number of factors, including: swing voters ...https://www.davemanuel.com/2026/01/29/white-house-gain-seats-midterm-elections/