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Why Do Stocks Always Tank Right After You Buy Them?

I used to listen to the controversial radio show of “shock jocks” Opie and Anthony all the time.   Even though they might be known to the general public as shock jocks, they were actually some of the most intelligent DJ’s to ever host a radio show in my opinion that involved not only banter [...]

April 23rd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Investments and Saving | Comments are closed

Jobless Reports Fail to Improve Market

The stock market seems to be especially susceptible to the headlines for the past two years. Ever since the big US economic meltdown which started in 2008 (or at least made itself known then), the stock market seems to be the most volatile I’ve ever seen.

Granted, I haven’t been on this earth all [...]

January 22nd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Investments and Saving | Comments are closed

High Anxiety Over Today’s Stock Market Activity

Today is the day. Is the stock market going to respond wildly to the previous downgrade of US debt and credit rating by Standard and Poors rating agency? Or is this going to be a case of everyone crying wolf, and the markets may seem to tank a bit in the morning, only to [...]

August 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Investments and Saving, Ways to Save | Comments are closed

Second Half of 2011 Any Better?

It seems that we are at a stalemate in the “recovery” that economists have been so insistent we are still experiencing. Sure, they admit that this recovery has slowed down, but when are we going to come to the conclusion that the recovery itself is an illusion put forth by all the government spending [...]

August 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Economy | Comments are closed