on the bright side, retail sales are up.  eknme thinks it’s summertime.  after the combination of the brutal weather in the midwest and northeast, it was time for some of us to let go of the tight financial belts. with the construction boom currently, there is bound to some uptick in spending somewhere along the line.

on the down side, the u.s stock market did improve slightly, but the market is holding its breath as the other shoe might drop for the European Union and more specifically, Greece. eknme is not as optimistic as greek government recovering from its soon bankruptcy, and the butterfly effect will be felt worldwide.