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As you may or may not have noticed, John McCain’s campaign has taken a down turn along with the spiraling economic situation in the past month. Do we really want an indecisive president who changes his positions in the economy on a near daily basis it seems? Is he schizophrenic? Let’s take a look at [...]

Just thought i’d throw out my predictions for Wednesday, October 15th, 2008  It’s been fairly hard to predict what exactly is going to happen in the market the next day due to the extreme volatility lately, but my personal take is that we will see the market decline overall. The earnings reports tomorrow will most [...]

I know it’s a bit late to talk about it, but I feel it’s important to share my take on the bail out plan. So, why the anger? I mean, it’s sort of understandable because it puts our tax dollars on the line, BUT it must be kept in mind that WE, as Americans, helped [...]

This is just a VERY early morning post that I want to get out before the stock market opens today. The stock market opens in 1 hour and 33 minutes (while i’m typing this). Taking a look at pre-market data, it seems the stock market is going to most certainly open with some pretty big [...]

So, this week I was talking to my dad about how the Dow Jones Industrial has lost 40% of it’s value in a year and he promptly asked how he could invest in the Dow Jones in the near future. I told him that there are brokers that will invest in the individual stocks that [...]

In my May 28th post, I wrote about being more aware of your surroundings in daily life. When was the last time you walked into an Apple store if you have one around you? Have you gone frequently enough to notice that it is STILL packed everyday even with this global slowdown? Apple is STILL [...]

As you can see from my past post, I watch the NYMEX Crude Futures on a daily basis, even when the market is closed (yes i’m obsessed). Just to share, my favorite website to check on energy prices is right here: http://bloomberg.com/energy/. I definately like the fact that it’s laid out nicely all in one [...]

Well, first off. I want to apologize for disappearing for such a long time. It’s been almost 4 months, but i’ve been HEAVILY watching the markets on a daily basis since then, I just haven’t taken the time to post. Just to let everyone know, there will be updates very shortly!