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What?s Wrong With The Stock Market?
2007-12-20 14:18:00 After all, it got the rate cut the pundits said it wanted and needed to move back into bullish territory. Well, not exactly. While the Fed did cut the rate twenty-five basis points they included verbiage that made it clear they are not likely to continue the reductions, unless something happens. The markets were then spooked and ... More About: Stock Market , Market , Stock , Wrong
Just Catching Up - and - Casey Serin is STILL NOT in Jail.
2007-12-19 19:17:00 I haven’t had much interest in the Casey Serin saga over the last few months but today I logged on to the CaseyHaterz site and caught up on the soap opera. No, I’m not talking about the Casey soap opera, that ended long ago. I’m talking about the CaseyHaterz soap opera. It’s like watching what I imagine ... More About: Jail , Not I
Just Catching Up - and - Casey Serin is STILL NOT in Jail.
2007-12-19 19:17:00 I haven’t had much interest in the Casey Serin saga over the last few months but today I logged on to the CaseyHaterz site and caught up on the soap opera. No, I’m not talking about the Casey soap opera, that ended long ago. I’m talking about the CaseyHaterz soap opera. It’s like watching what I imagine ... More About: Jail , Erin , Not I
Sanity and Clarity of Purpose Return
2007-12-18 16:00:00 Since my departure from my employer, MedQuist, I have been able to get a number of nagging projects around the house out of my hair. I can’t say enough good things about the people I worked with at MedQuist during Ann’s illness and after her death. But, it was becoming increasingly clear I was having a ... More About: Purpose , Return , Clarity , Clar
Sanity and Clarity of Purpose Return
2007-12-18 16:00:00 Since my departure from my employer, MedQuist, I have been able to get a number of nagging projects around the house out of my hair. I can’t say enough good things about the people I worked with at MedQuist during Ann’s illness and after her death. But, it was becoming increasingly clear I was having a ... More About: Purpose , Return , Clarity , Clar
Field Guide Site Relaunched
2007-12-18 01:04:00 I chose today to relaunch the Field Guide site. This day was chosen because it is exactly four months since Ann died after battling breast cancer for ten and a half years. This post will go live at the exact time she died in my arms four months ago today. It was August 17th, 2007 ... More About: Site
Field Guide Site Relaunched
2007-12-18 01:04:00 I chose today to relaunch the Field Guide site. This day was chosen because it is exactly four months since Ann died after battling breast cancer for ten and a half years. This post will go live at the exact time she died in my arms four months ago today. It was August 17th, 2007 ... More About: Site
Things Like This Are Why Government Schools Are Collapsing Under Their Own
2007-11-21 12:32:00 High School kids produce an ANTI-drug PSA telling their classmates to stay away from drugs. Good thing, right? I certainly think so but the principal at their government school didn’t. For their efforts they get suspended from school for ten days AND the school recommends drug rehab. My advice to the parents of these kids is to ... More About: Government , Schools , Things
Things Like This Are Why Government Schools Are Collapsing Under Their Own
2007-11-21 12:32:00 High School kids produce an ANTI-drug PSA telling their classmates to stay away from drugs. Good thing, right? I certainly think so but the principal at their government school didn’t. For their efforts they get suspended from school for ten days AND the school recommends drug rehab. My advice to the parents of these kids is to ... More About: Government , Schools , Things
This Is Something Everyone Should Think About - Right or Left on the Politi
2007-11-19 11:20:00 World should give thanks for America The world would be a far different place if we did not exist. More About: Politics , Left , Globalism , Some
This Is Something Everyone Should Think About - Right or Left on the Politi
2007-11-19 11:20:00 World should give thanks for America The world would be a far different place if we did not exist. More About: Politics , Left , Globalism
Readers of my Subscription Newsletter in 2005 Knew This Was Coming.
2007-11-15 10:30:00 Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders I’ll have more to say on this in a later post but this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone familiar with CDOs. It is going to be extremely interesting to watch it all get sorted out over the next few years. Unfortunately for the people in the neighborhoods affected, blight, crime ... More About: Readers , Newsletter
Readers of my Subscription Newsletter in 2005 Knew This Was Coming.
2007-11-15 10:30:00 Foreclosures Hit a Snag for Lenders I’ll have more to say on this in a later post but this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone familiar with CDOs. It is going to be extremely interesting to watch it all get sorted out over the next few years. Unfortunately for the people in the neighborhoods affected, blight, crime ... More About: Readers , Newsletter , Subs
Okay, So Who or What, EXACTLY, is Preventing Them From Paying More in Taxes
2007-11-12 23:01:00 The drive-by media is making a big deal about statements from Obama and Warren Buffet recently. Both, said they should be paying more in taxes than they are. Obama went on to talk about how if he is elected he will push to increase taxes. Isn’t it noble for them to say the government should take more ... More About: Politics , Taxes , Eventing
Okay, So Who or What, EXACTLY, is Preventing Them From Paying More in Taxes
2007-11-12 23:01:00 The drive-by media is making a big deal about statements from Obama and Warren Buffet recently. Both, said they should be paying more in taxes than they are. Obama went on to talk about how if he is elected he will push to increase taxes. Isn’t it noble for them to say the government should take more ... More About: Politics , Taxes , Eventing
Sometimes It?s Just Fun To Play With Them Like a Cat With a Toy.
2007-11-08 10:05:00 Yesterday, I got a call on my cell phone… Me: Hello, this is Tim. Caller: Hi! I am a personal mortgage broker and I’d like to see if I can help you save money. Me: (Annoyed) I already have all of the funding sources I need. Caller: Are you sure? What if this call was opportunity knocking and you ... More About: Play , Mentoring
Sometimes It?s Just Fun To Play With Them Like a Cat With a Toy.
2007-11-08 10:05:00 Yesterday, I got a call on my cell phone… Me: Hello, this is Tim. Caller: Hi! I am a personal mortgage broker and I’d like to see if I can help you save money. Me: (Annoyed) I already have all of the funding sources I need. Caller: Are you sure? What if this call was opportunity knocking and you ... More About: Play , Mentoring , Some
This is a GREAT Time to be an Investor?
2007-11-02 09:50:00 and an awful time to be a speculator. Do you know the difference? More importantly, do you know which one you are? Hint: It is all in the risk levels and how they are managed. And yes, I still believe the recession has started. The reason investors are loving the current turmoil in all of the equity markets ... More About: Real Estate Investing , Time , Great , Casey Serin , Investor
This is a GREAT Time to be an Investor?
2007-11-02 09:50:00 and an awful time to be a speculator. Do you know the difference? More importantly, do you know which one you are? Hint: It is all in the risk levels and how they are managed. And yes, I still believe the recession has started. The reason investors are loving the current turmoil in all of the equity markets ... More About: Real Estate Investing , Time , Great , Casey Serin , Investor
Cutting the Rate is the Absolutely WRONG Thing to do; Which, is Why They Wi
2007-10-30 10:47:00 I’ve pretty much resigned myself to a rate cut from the Fed tomorrow. But, it is the wrong thing to do for the economy. Yes, I know the bond market wants it, the stock market wants it and just about everyone out there is clamoring for it. But… Lower rates will push the dollar further down drive foreign investors OUT ... More About: Politics , Inflation , Wrong , Thing , Rate
Cutting the Rate is the Absolutely WRONG Thing to do; Which, is Why They Wi
2007-10-30 10:47:00 I’ve pretty much resigned myself to a rate cut from the Fed tomorrow. But, it is the wrong thing to do for the economy. Yes, I know the bond market wants it, the stock market wants it and just about everyone out there is clamoring for it. But… Lower rates will push the dollar further down drive foreign investors OUT ... More About: Politics , Inflation , Wrong , Thing , Rate
We Are Already In A Recession, We Just Don?t Know It Yet.
2007-10-24 18:32:00 I’m going out on a limb here but I really do think when the dust settles and the hindsight clears this quarter will mark the start of the recession. I had hopes it could be averted and I still have hopes it can be minimized but I am a realist. When the Fed dropped the rates 50 ... More About: Real Estate Investing , General , Inflation , Interest Rates , Housing
We Are Already In A Recession, We Just Don?t Know It Yet.
2007-10-24 18:32:00 I’m going out on a limb here but I really do think when the dust settles and the hindsight clears this quarter will mark the start of the recession. I had hopes it could be averted and I still have hopes it can be minimized but I am a realist. When the Fed dropped the rates 50 ... More About: Real Estate Investing , General , Inflation , Interest Rates , Housing
Will Institutional Money Freeze Out the Small Investor?
2007-10-22 12:36:00 Cash is King and the best deals will always be had by those with the means to act quickly and decisively. There are some media reports talking about some very well funded groups taking advantage of the housing market problems, especially in Florida. Many of these reports try to portray these groups as predatory and swooping ... More About: Money , Real Estate Investing , Small , Investor , Institutional
Will Institutional Money Freeze Out the Small Investor?
2007-10-22 12:36:00 Cash is King and the best deals will always be had by those with the means to act quickly and decisively. There are some media reports talking about some very well funded groups taking advantage of the housing market problems, especially in Florida. Many of these reports try to portray these groups as predatory and swooping ... More About: Money , Real Estate Investing , Small , Investor , Institutional
Casey Serin Still Has not Been Prosecuted
2007-10-20 15:54:00 A few months ago I went out on a limb and stated my opinion that the chances of Casey Serin being prosecuted for mortgage fraud was about ZERO. The comments were interesting, often in their ignorance of realities of the legal system. But, here we are a few months later and still no charges against ... More About: Fraud , Erin
Casey Serin Still Has not Been Prosecuted
2007-10-20 15:54:00 A few months ago I went out on a limb and stated my opinion that the chances of Casey Serin being prosecuted for mortgage fraud was about ZERO. The comments were interesting, often in their ignorance of realities of the legal system. But, here we are a few months later and still no charges against ... More About: Fraud
Yesterday Was Two Months
2007-10-18 11:17:00 It was only two months ago yesterday my wife died. It seems like so much longer. In some ways so much has been happening over the last 60 days and in others everything has been at a total standstill. Three weeks ago I had to have surgery to clean up after a ruptured appendix. Then I ... More About: General , Yesterday , Months , Mont
Yesterday Was Two Months
2007-10-18 11:17:00 It was only two months ago yesterday my wife died. It seems like so much longer. In some ways so much has been happening over the last 60 days and in others everything has been at a total standstill. Three weeks ago I had to have surgery to clean up after a ruptured appendix. Then I ... More About: General , Yesterday , Months , Month , Mont
Will They or Won?t They?
More articles from this author:2007-09-18 11:52:00 The Federal Reserve Board is meeting later today and if you listen to the pundits this morning they seem almost giddy about the prospects of the Fed lowering the discount rate. What is more interesting is the expectation already built into the equity markets over this possible cut. The expectations are so high that a ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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