An extra twist of Inspiration
on Jan 5, 2009 in purpose I stopped blogging for two months, not because I was particularly busy or ran out of things to write about. Rather, I became extremely disillusioned about why I bother blogging. While perhaps my finances and my knowledge provide some voyeuristic plea...

Obama Wins!
on Nov 5, 2008This will be great for US' global standings and the US economy.Already, Asian markets are reacting positively, and expect a 200-300 point gain from tonight's solid turnout for Obama.I expect to see oil and gold fall, while the US Dollar should a

Networth Update
on Nov 3, 2008 in networth goal Not much to say. It's been a while since I got my networth together. The past two months of market turmoil has done little to help my networth. My investments and 401(k) have both taken significant hits. Thankfully, I'm young and I should recove

What is the market waiting for?
on Oct 27, 2008With the prospect of more rate cuts on the horizon (realistically only 4 left before 0%), the market continued to seesaw, finally going red in the final hour of trading. However, the drop wasn't very significant. Such daily volatility resulting in so

Last week
on Oct 26, 2008Economic fundamentals last week were being watched on the stock market for the first time in a long time. It has been a while since people considered earnings in watching the stock market, and I really think it's the beginning of the end of outright.

Ugly Week for the Dow
on Oct 11, 2008What an ugly week for the Dow! -1875 pts representing -18.15%...Spent the week at work analyzing companies, not dictated by my boss, but rather through minute to minute updates on MarketWatch and CNBC. Things were just happening so fast. There were s...

I reiterate, this is not a bailout...
on Sep 29, 2008I said this to a friend today, and I repeat myself here: Today, I felt like the man holding the "World is Ending" sign while the world ended around me, feeling vindicated but just as dead as everyone else.Today's massive stock market sell o