Whoops, it’s Wednesday. Did you see what happened yesterday? The anger and outrage seem to be competing with each other, not to be outdone by some real foolishness from the Congress persons. OMG and we’re depending on them…
Whoops, it’s Wednesday. Did you see what happened yesterday? The anger and outrage seem to be competing with each other, not to be outdone by some real foolishness from the Congress persons. OMG and we’re depending on them…
If you do care, here’s a quick look at the highlights of the day. I think the word is “outrage.”
If gold as a precious metal is a good investment, and that is a big “if” from time to time, there are many opinions on the best way to “own” it. There’s physical gold — bars or coins, there’s gold futures and there’s ETFs. Among the ETFs there’s GLD vs GTU/CEF. An argument that convinces me is here.
It’s not bad enough that there have been some recent whispers that slavishly following the pundits on CNBC might not be good for your financial health, now Jon Stewart is engaging in a sort of slug-fest with Jim Cramer.
Does anyone out there recognize what is wrong with my strawberries and have a suggestion what I might do to correct my bad situation?
Phillip Davis writes a column each day entitled Options Trader . He has a service aimed at options traders that I don’t subscribe to, but his daily summary comments, although aimed at his options traders, give some good insights into where he thinks things are heading, certainly on a short term basis, and sometimes looking out further. I guess I would add his articles give me a feeling for the “tone” of the daily financial markets. If I want to go a few levels deeper into detail then I look for David Fry’s latest charts here.
It isn’t wise to slavishly follow what is shown on CNBC, and for heavens sake, when they start yelling, mute it!
Many words went through my mind to headline what I’d like to do with The Phenomenon of Man — study, discuss, review, examine, critique, etc. — but I chose “ponder” as the one that best describes what I want to do.
First of all what am I hoping to get from The Phenomenon of Man? I’m looking for
What should come after this is a first attempt of mine to describe where I am in my ponderment (sorry, I couldn’t stop myself) with the hope that it may elicit others to join in with comments other than ones focused on my obvious lack of erudition.