Archive for June, 2011

  • Why You Can’t Just Pay Attention To Fundamentals
    Posted by on June 16th, 2011 at 9:03 pm, Comments: 0

    Today’s Research In Motion earnings report is a GREAT example of why you can’t just pay attention to fundamentals when trading or investing.  The reason, because price movement does not sync up with fundamentals on the short or intermediate term time frames.  You need to take a very long view of things and be willing [...]

  • Why Chinese Ghost Cities Will Be A Disaster
    Posted by on June 16th, 2011 at 5:50 pm, Comments: 0

    We’ve all known about the infamous Chinese ghost cities for a few years now.  There is no doubt that China is attempting to get ahead of what they believe will be a massive demographic shift from the farm to the city over the next 20 years.  The Chinese are consuming raw materials to build this [...]

  • The Most Important Reason Why We’re Not In A Tech Bubble…Yet
    Posted by on June 14th, 2011 at 9:07 pm, Comments: 0

    There are a million and one reasons that we’re not in a tech bubble, I can rattle them off one by one and refute with a good argument just about any random roger screaming about high valuations. But there is one thing above all others, one thing that is leading the lay investor to believe [...]

  • Shoulder Fired Rocket Launchers to Do It Yourself Wireless Internet
    Posted by on June 12th, 2011 at 2:57 pm, Comments: 0

    Our government is learning, slowly, but they’re learning.  They’ve seen the writing on the wall, it says, “this way to open societies and democratic governments”, with a big WiFi symbol above. It’s truly amazing that it took this long for our government to figure out that connectivity was the deadliest weapon against both authoritarian rule [...]

  • News.Me Is Amazing
    Posted by on June 11th, 2011 at 3:15 pm, Comments: 0

    I’ve only had this iPad for a few weeks now, but already it’s changing the way I consume content.  And a big part of that is an iPad application called News.Me. I only follow around 300 people in my stream.  Because of the fast paced nature of finance, many of the people I follow are [...]

  • The Cure For High Prices Is…High Prices
    Posted by on June 8th, 2011 at 6:26 pm, Comments: 0

    There is an important saying in the commodity market, “the cure for high prices is, high prices.”  This saying goes back to your economics 101 class in which you learned that market prices are set by supply and demand. As prices rise, producers are willing to sell more.  As prices fall, producers are willing to [...]

  • The Worst Fleecing Of Americans, Ever
    Posted by on June 2nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm, Comments: 0

    There is a massive fraudulent scheme taking place in America right now.  The saddest part, it’s being driven by our government, our values, and our desire as a nation and as individuals to move up the ladder of prosperity. Today the department of education passed new rules regarding the standards that for profit education companies must [...]

  • I Joined a Cult Today
    Posted by on June 2nd, 2011 at 4:08 am, Comments: 0

    I joined the cult of Mac today.  They didn’t make me recite any prayers when I left the 5th Avenue Apple store, but I almost felt like kneeling before the glass cube and saying, well, I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to say. The funny part, I didn’t even buy anything there, I just [...]