A sucker rally? Sure looks like it. Citi trading below $1, GM defends itself against its own auditor and its stock down 18%, Wells, Fargo about to have it’s bonds downgraded and perhaps cut the dividend, Google downgraded due to lower ad revenues, no word …
Today may turn out to a healthy decline. Market struggled most of day and swooned with President-Elect confirmed what most of us know: the economy stinks. But the President said it. Notwithstanding the Obaminator’s comments (as one of my sons fondly calls him) the market …
Lots and lots of bad news but am thinking we may still get yet another positive close. The only problem with this strategy is that profits are taken so swiftly, we will have to have a couple of buy programs to set it up. Bob …
Notes from Las Vegas—October 2008 On the Strip–We are in a huge suite at Caesars, one for whales (gamblers who bet large). A living room larger than any we have had in our houses. Two bedrooms on either side. Howard and Jane have a “hostess” …
The early mornings in Caracas were special. The air was cool and clear, before the buses dirtied it up with diesel fumes. In the mid-50’s we were living in Caracas and rented three different furnished houses during our two years in the city. The first …
An explanation to our sons about their Grandparent’s decision to move to the most remote part of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Dear Sons, July 27, 2006 My parents seemed to do little planning. This was best demonstrated in their retirement years. While I always …
Summer school in Oxford. We stayed in the students dorms and took our meals in the food hall built by Henry VIII. Oxford, England
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