Columbine
Is it possible, just possible that our founding fathers got the second ammendment all wrong? We were really, really meant to bear arms?
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Sidebar Buffett should buy North Korea. http://tinyurl.com/ce7nd4 Not sure why I am fascinated by Chevron’s trouble in Ecuador. When it bought Texaco it didn’t count on them being the polluters of the Amazon. Plaintiff attorneys have been fighting this case for fifteen years. If they …
The Markets The struggle between bulls and bears is reaching a crescendo. The bears feel it is time for a rest while the bulls feel we reached bottom on March 6th at S&P 666. Now at 835 there is a growing general agreement that we …
Sidebar If you have thumbed your nose at Twitter you may want to re-think that. Yeah, it is yet another social network. And, yeah, is sometimes seems sophomoric. But I find that contributors write generally frank and sometimes, revealing notes. Perhaps it is because of …
Sidebar Yesterday, I received a letter from AT&T. It extolled a new package price for DSL. unlimited long distance, local, and all the telephone features. We currently pay them about $105 a month. I called the number given in the letter and a warm lady …
Follow-through?
The Markets Equity futures are off a bit after yesterday’s historic blow-out. Oil is giving up some gains, as well. Gold, which demonstrates seemingly quixotic pricing, is down hard. Should we open lower I would like to see the S&P hold 813. The close at …
Sidebar My award for best financial book title: “How I Turned A Million Dollars Into $25,000 In The Market In My Spare Time”. This site is health care site is taking share from WebMD: RightHealth: Quality Health Information Organized for You A new browser that …
Texas
Sidebar The Texas Board of Education is preparing to vote on teaching creationism in schools. The board chairman has said he believes that humans have been on earth for only 10,000 years. The vote would evidently urge teachers to sway students into this belief. If …
Tomorrow morning, early, my friend George and I will be taking this boat up the Intracoastal. George is licensed to captain boats up to 100 tons; We pick up the Maffitt in downtown Wilmington, on the Cape Fear River. We head south on the river, …
Links
Michael Steinhart, one of first, largest and best “hedgies” is turning bullish after correctly going bearish in early January. HEDGEFolios.com The canceled short sale rule has been blamed for taking apart stocks. Not so fast. Short-Sale Rule Revival Undermined by SEC Data After Bernanke Urges …