Ok so the market is dropping, and as per my earlier comments you should wait until the Dow hits 11,750 before thinking of stepping in. I am changing my opinion. Yes I think the Dow will drop, but I think there is something more going on here. Look at the following chart of the S&P....
Read More →For those that follow the car industry the linked news is definitely interesting. When I was studying to become a mechanical engineer I spent many a workterm working at Magna. My father was a higher-level manager at Magna and I used to have quite a few friends at Magna. For those that don't know...
Read More →Since I cashed out of equities about two months ago I have waited and watched for this pullback. I don't trust the market because it seems to have forgotten about economics as illustrated by the referenced article. I understand the market ignoring the slide in factory orders as a blip, but the...
Read More →Sorry folks for not blogging sooner. I have some insights to the market, but right now I am recovering from a vicious bout of food poisoning. In the past six years I have had four food poisoning's and three times it was from sandwiches that I bought while driving. You would think it is a problem...
Read More →Yes, I'm still an InvestorGeek! It might seem like only Jason and Christian are blogging lately, but I don't mind being the guest that drops in once in a while. I'm sure many of you have watched or heard of the new Mark Burnett-produced game show called "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader". If not,...
Read More →The following is a paid review... Finance Markets is a blog written by some folks across the pond. Despite an understandable bias towards European news and posting prices in British pounds, the blog is applicable to investors everywhere. The Finance Markets blog is updated a lot. There are about...
Read More →On days like these, it's good to be 100% cash. I am holding some mutual funds in my IRA, but that was only down a little under 1% today (The only real loser was an S&P ETF I have 25% of my holdings in). However, my personal trading account was sidelined through this mess today. Was there some kind...
Read More →There is a rumour going around that GM might be buying (2) Chrysler. The rumour was based on something things that Zetsche (CEO DaimlerChrysler) said: > Speculation about the future of Chrysler started earlier this week when DaimlerChrysler CEO Dieter Zetsche revealed the future of the money-losing...
Read More →My original version of this blog entry has been deleted because I did find some errors in my spreadsheet. I saw them when I was explaining what I thought I had found while doing my calculations. The new calculations are not as I thought they were, but still some interesting things can be extracted...
Read More →Well not yet, but that is the plan. And I wonder if investors realize the potential. My guess is that Advanced Micro Devices (really their recently bought ATI division) is poised to make a bunch of money putting graphics processors into mobile phones. and this fact is not fully priced into the...
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