May 14th, 2011 by Rich
Flight into Dollars and Equities?
Some days we just wake up and say to ourselves, what would blow the collective consciousness the most now?
It took us a long time, but we may have gotten it, divine madness.
So many were conditioned to dollars and equities going opposite directions, it is worth recalling much of the time in [...]
April 2nd, 2011 by Rich
What is not taught in public school, where most dropouts or graduates cannot name the Capitals or Presidents, let alone recite our Constitution and Bill of Rights:
Are we approaching a HyperTerrorist World War III (IV or V) Armageddon, depending on how we count the Hundred Years’ War and French and Indian Seven Years’ War of Conquest that [...]
November 9th, 2010 by Rich
Do they actually affect the markets?
Market competitors are always looking for an edge.
One edge is selection, Another edge is timing. Yet another unproven is the Fringe.
Most people buy either growth highs, value lows or somewhere between.
Some people trade on historic market seasonalities, although commissions, fees, slippages or taxes add up and can reduce [...]
May 22nd, 2010 by Rich
Buying a great bank on bad news.
In 1989 Japan was poised to do what it did not accomplish in 1945 – take over the world – by zaibatsu pyramid power industrial strength finance, not force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaibatsu
Japanese Banks, Brokers and Corporations were then the biggest in the world, and downtown Tokyo Real Estate was
worth [...]
May 15th, 2010 by Rich
These may be the times that try men’s souls.
Early last December 2009 we posted a sell on gold that profited until this week.
As Gold and panic hit new highs today at 1249.70, can financial salvation be as simple as saving the long-dismissed Dollar hitting new highs at 86.25?
Like GE NBC studios at Rockefeller Center, people [...]
April 30th, 2010 by Rich
Our Government Making Rain on America Parade
We’re back from our Ag Tour to report we could have record 2010 crops if higher fertilizer and fuel prices, government programs or torrential rains and floods do not derail it.
As the 136th Kentucky Derby gets ready for an 80% chance of rain, with favourite leading horses dropping out [...]
April 15th, 2010 by Rich
The popular Dow hit a new high today:
http://stockcharts.com/charts/gallery.html?indu
We all know about the boy who cried wolf and was not believed. Not to be confused with Chicken Little.
By the end of this trend, we may all have to think and act for ourselves.
This is a short epistle, perhaps the last for a while.
It is ultimately hard [...]
April 7th, 2010 by Rich
The US Treasury is about to introduce new Ben Franklins on 21 April 2010 because counterfeiting is a $200 Billion a year problem. No kidding.
CNBC just ran an Easter weekend show on American Greed with a guy who used his inkjet printer to print $100 and $20 bills on newsprint, then coated them with hair [...]
March 29th, 2010 by Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPkVUkePmPI 1:07
While rescuing America with Savings and Investment
Bad apples can rot the whole barrel.
Districts of Criminals cannot fool Mother Nature or the markets indefinitely.
What’s annoying about the latest banker bailout disguised as consumer rescue is it taints every other part of the economy.
Too many good smart people are intimidated by this bad real estate driven [...]
February 28th, 2010 by Rich
We always enjoyed the Old English Proverb:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Knowledge is the best charity.
This was attributed to Christ, whose followers actually said:
If a man will not work, he shall not [...]