Indexes rallied today giving me 2.6% in the RUT and 1.5% in the NDX. That was nice, but we really haven’t made much progress to the upside yet. I...

Interesting article today on Minyanville.com about the impact of rising Corn prices due to the increase demand for food and ethanol. As a result,...

Maximizing the compounding rate of equity is only equivalent to minimizing the risk of ruin under the following two conditions: (1) certain MATHturbational...

In this post, I’ll take a closer look at Gafisa (NYSE: GFA BP: GFASA3.SA), a Brazilian homebuilder which I mentioned in a previous post. What’s interesting...

Click charts to ENLARGE. Medical issues kept me anything but glued to the screen today, as the market works off overbought conditions and chops around....

Wal-Mart gets the press, but discretionary retailers are the ones topping estimates. Looks like wants still trump needs.

Here's a snapshot of what is going on with Nifty index funds in India. The annualised tracking error is computed using the one year of data ending 31...

ET: 6 things your bank will never tell you : You are a valued customer only till you have not availed the services of a bank or till the bank is...

In response to an article I published yesterday, “Goldman forecasts recovery in Japanese stocks from mid-2009", which was carried on Seeking...

Cocoa exports from Nigeria doubled in the second quarter, making investors coo-coo for the cocoa exchange traded note (ETN). Nigeria is the world’s...

Money Magazine has an undercover financial planner. They call him the "Mole." And the Mole dispenses generic investment advice through popular publications...

Todd Chalem submits: A few months ago I wrote about fear indicators and how, at the time, they were all flashing bright screaming red. I also watch...

The bear market that began in October 2007, is slowly taking out pockets of strength in the stock market. Until recently some international funds, primarily...

Commodity ETFs, which have been leading the market, have been hit by a wave of selling in recent weeks. Specifically funds connected to the energy,...

Last week we discussed some key concepts in personal portfolio management. The three most important metrics to track for your personal portfolio are:...

I know times are tough in the finance business so I figured I'd pass along a job opening I know of. Its a chief compliance position for a trading firm....

The other day I wrote about a possible form of a GSE bailout . In the spirit of stimulating creative ideas, here is another possibility. Bear in mind...

Merrill Lynch is telling clients that a source within Treasury says they want to keep the GSEs in their current form, as in shareholder owned. That implies...

OK, played a little hooky this afternoon and missed all the excitement. And that massive volatility. Not sure I've ever had a slower day that actually...

Last Friday our short October USD 25.00 puts on ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES (ENER / USD   25.59 / YTD – 8,4 %) expired worthless.  ...

It's all about my child... Julian Clary is admiring his new silver deck shoes, a pair of pumps so shiny he can almost see his still-sharp, all my child,...

“I think prices] could fall below $100 a barrel on slowing global demand and rising production in the US, Brazil and Canada, and from OPEC states such...

Safety helmets (except as worn by motorcyclists or motorcycle iron copper, lead, zinc, tin, aluminum, steel and magnesium in the case of goods for export,...

Previous week action: Gold traded between ~893$ and ~934$ which is a 41$ trading range for the week. Open = 928$ and close 910$, third red candle in...

Success Myth: Success is complex One of the myths about success is that Success is complex. This myth is supported by people who believe that they...

I had the opportunity to visit the live blogging event put on by SportsFanLive.com during the Olympics with a friend who recently helped launch the site....

Meatball Sundae That's what Seth Godin called it. Mixing things together that really don't go together. Mixing ideas is a creative approach...

Previous my wife and opened multiple Sharebuilder accounts to take advantage of the bonus money offered with the accounts ( Sharebuilder review...

Well, I decided to import old posts from my original blog and screwed everything up. Bear (no market pun intented) with me while I “try” to...

Touring old houses. Gov’t paid for this year. InstaPaper. Baseball, Time Diversification of Risk. Nouriel Roubini.  I ENCOURAGE you to Download...

One of the 6,127 reasons that I’m single is because I can’t stand high maintenance women (this one’s voluntary, so two out of 6,127 ain’t bad…I’ll get...

I have received an quite a few suggestions and requests for additions to the Bay County Schools section of my web site. A big thank you to everyone...

Last weekend we went to Baltimore to celebrate my brother-in-law Seth Colby's birthday. I had my first east coast style crab bake. For the record, Paige...

I happened to notice the following today. Has there been another period since the Google IPO when Microsoft led Google in stock performance over so many...

On Saturday I ran the Mesa Falls Marathon .  I've now completed a marathon in 12 of the 50 states - almost 25% of the way there.  My co-conspirator...

The comments on my initial post on this topic went right at the VC's compensation - management fees and carry - and their impact on returns. So at Ken...