March 31, 2010. Wall Street Journal US Stocks Finish Higher, Shrug Off Weak Economic Data The Dow Jones Industrial Average staged a late-day surge to close near the day’s highs, up 128.21 points, or...
My postings will be somewhat less regular for a few months, as I am temporarily pursuing other opportunities, but I will keep up as best I can. This summer calls for slowing down and...
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” It’s time again to read The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s astoundingly affecting novella immortalizing the craven gilding of the...
My wife Sue and I are on the road this week. Off to the some of the northern portions of the old Confederacy, and the semi-confederacy, like Kentucky and Missouri. We began by driving...
Ruh Roh! As I’ve not written here many times before, we need to take seriously the growing incidence of canine drug use. The video below is graphic – it’s my duty under FCC rules...
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the H1N1 influenza a pandemic, I am republishing my April 28th Snoopers Tip. Below is the recent WHO update, and the original posting follows. Statement to...
And historically, a 10-year yield at 4% is low. “Getting back over 4% is just one step in the right direction,” said said William Larkin, portfolio manager at Cabot Money Management. “It is a...
Brother, can you lend me a Bancor? As the U.S. government continues to sell large amounts of Treasury securities talk has turned – as it often does – to concerns over the long term...
Last Thursday the South Carolina Supreme Court took GOP Governor Mark Sanford to the woodshed, ruling in no uncertain terms that he does not possess the power under state law to refuse certain federal...
