In a previous blog entry I commented on how the Fed reacted to an event that might have been a non-event. I commented in that blog entry on how the recent market drop was probably due to the unwinding of a rogue trader at a French bank. It seems that the 7.9 billion of futures was sold by the bank...

As Rick Santelli said the market has Bernanke on the ropes and Bernanke does what the market wants. Well, now the USD has strengthened against the EURO people are starting to strong arm the ECB. Quotes are, "The ECB is behind the curve." Well traders, investors, hedge funds get ready for a rude...

On Monday Europe went completely RED... It was a slaughter. Yet one of my orders triggered. I went into Monday 100% cash, but came out of Monday <100% cash. Today another one of my orders would have triggered. It was so close. Oh well c'est la vie. Hopefully another day will cause that order to...

Hey Everyone Long time no post. However, I do have an excuse!  I am now a married man living in North Carolina.  That's right - I am an immigrant (of the legal variety) fresh from the shores of Australia.  These last 4 months have seen me shift country, change jobs (in a way), get married, acquire...

Got this email from a fan. And since none of the current writers are Canadian, I thought I'd throw this out there. BTW, RSP stands for "Registered Retirement Savings Plan" and seems to be a Canadian 401k. I'm sure a lot of the standard retirement plan advice would apply, but we're looking for a...

Jim Cramer nails it on the head on what the core of the problem of the industry is! Good for him! Finally somebody said it loud enough. Surf to the link, and watch the video, takes about 11 minutes but it is REALLY good... So why was this not caught earlier? Cramer says five minutes into the...

With China’s GDP growth rate reaching over 8% over the past 5 years, China still may be in it for another year. China looks good for the long run, but their short run bubble may be a risky investment. With the Olympics coming and FDI in 2007 reaching 67.3 billion dollars, the highest in the world,...

Here is an email exchange I had with my step father. Note: my mother works as a Bed Bath and Beyond store manager. Original email back in November: > BBBY is down to 29.5 your thoughts? > -Kevin (11/26/2007) And then my response: > Short-term BBBY is a damaged stock. Unless they get back above $30...

So Kim and I are in the process of buying a house. We're going through a lot and learning tons of stuff that would be great to share with all of you. Perhaps more importantly, there are a bunch of folks smarter than me who occasionally read this. So I'm hoping we can get some good advice here and...

I started this blog entry last Friday, and am actually pleasantly happy that things have gone further down. This all has to do with things that I have been talking about in previous blog entries. Is it a time to buy? Undertrader says now could be a good time to buy. > The other important thing is...