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October: A Trick or Treat for Investors

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , on October 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

“October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.” This is a great quote from Mark Twain. As the message states, not only may October be a dangerous month to speculate in stocks, every month carries risk. What [...]

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Is this Wall Street or Las Vegas Blvd?

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , , , on September 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

$400 on Big Red – am I buying a share of Apple or placing an all or nothing craps bet? The past couple months have felt like a rough night at the craps table – win lose win lose – makes you want to pull out and hit the bar! I bought my first stock [...]

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Dealing With This Crazy Market Volatility: 30 Years of Advice With Just 3 Mantras!

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Since April 29 of this year, we’ve been in a downward spiral in the stock market that has caused a lot of investors to ask why in the world they deal with all this crazy volatility? Over the last decade it seems like every time you make some gains in the market, you end up [...]

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Why Stocks? Why Peas?

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , , on September 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I get the feeling that for many investors who have been on the sidelines though the latest market volatility there has been an “I told you so” moment; when it comes to the advice planners give to invest. It’s true – they missed out on the nervousness, the rollercoaster ride, and the bad taste in [...]

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A Worthwhile Financial Market Diagnosis

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , , on August 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Sometimes I find the best people to relate with about the markets are the ones I least expect.   In fact, sometimes hearing economists explain markets can make the least amount of sense. I’m amazed how I can find more from a PhD holder in developmental biology, than an economist recommending the solution to our [...]

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Standard and Poors is Right (in Principle), but Wrong (Again)

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , , on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

In an attempt to regain any tiny bit of legitimacy that still remains at Standard & Poors (S&P), the rating agency sent shockwaves across the globe last Friday evening by downgrading the United States from AAA to AA+. What does this mean? First of all, it means that AA+ is now the gold standard for [...]

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Social Media IPO Frenzy

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , on July 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Facebook has greater market penetration in the United States than any other company both on a user basis and a frequency basis. Over 70% of us are active users. No other company gets more of our shared national attention. Not surprisingly, the mere hint of an initial public offering, or IPO, gets people excited. The [...]

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Chasing Yield will Get You Burned

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »

“More money has been lost reaching for yield than at the point of a gun.” ~ (I believe first attributed to) Raymond F. DeVoe, Jr. I don’t envy the financial press. For as much thought that a simple blog takes for me, to have to find new topics to discuss on an almost daily basis [...]

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Waiting for Pollyanna

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , , , on July 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I am wrong. I have been wrong for a while now. This kind of misery is great as long as you love company. Many pundits, including this writer, have been waiting for interest rates to rise since late fall of 2010. Economic strength in the 4th quarter of 2010 portended to the possibility of the [...]

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Is OSU a Buy, Sell or Hold?

Posted in Investments, tagged , , , on June 13, 2011 | 3 Comments »

My alma matter has been a frequent story in the news lately. The coach has resigned and the top player won’t be coming back. So naturally what I’ve been wondering is if the program is a bargain buy yet? Granted, it’s had some major setbacks. But, it has a great history. There should be value [...]

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