The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners for 2019

Where *WWW* means Wretched Writers Welcome... My Comments: And I do feel welcome though have never had what it takes to call myself wretched and will probably never achieve that exalted status despite the hours I fill, as the pandemic continues and I'm forced to stay at home because I want to, and despite the …

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Markets Likely To Get Worse Before Better

My Comments: On this Memorial Day 2020, we revere those who gave of themselves that we might survive and thrive. Thank you. Continuing with last weeks theme of what to do with money you have to invest, this caught my attention. Mindful this guy is a legitimate stock trader and knows what he's talking about, …

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The Fed issues a warning about the stock market

My Comments: Here's #5 in this weeks theme of what to do with money burning a hole in your investable cash pocket. One would think the Chairman of the Federal Reserve would have a pretty strong grasp of economics and the world of money. That makes him a legitimate source of how things might play …

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Fade Humpty Dumpty Rally

My Comments: My attempted theme this week is what to do with your retirement money going forward. For better or worse, I'm still waiting for the next significant downturn to put my money back to work. Some of you who have ridden the upswing over the past several weeks think I'm nuts. Some of this …

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Don’t even think of owning stocks unless you’re willing to buy and hold for at least 10 years

My Comments: This is an example of how headlines and breathless remarks from TV people can be misleading. Who exactly is the writer talking to? Are you in his target audience or is he just trolling for anyone? I don't have a clue if the writer is technically competent to make that statement or not. …

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3 Reasons To Expect Another Melt-Up And Not A Crash

My Comments: this is in keeping with my theme this week, what you might do with your un-invested money. As usual, I have no idea if the following will work in your favor or not. And it reflects a technical approach to investing as opposed to a fundamental approach. There are several charts and tables …

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What To Do With Your Money These Days

I don't know about you, but I've got time on my hands. Something that keeps me busy is posting something on my web site Monday thru Friday. This started some 10 years ago and the count is now well over 2000. Lately, I've been trying to establish a weekly theme for myself in terms of …

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The Pandemics Impact On Our Food Supply

My Comments: As per a geo-strategist I used follow until he stopped delivering daily posts, Dr. Thomas P. M. Barnet, the US was poised to continue it's role as the most secure food source on the planet. We've long been aware of populations across the globe with serious hunger issues, sometimes extreme hunger. It might …

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Coronavirus drives health insurers back to Obamacare

My Comments: No one disputes the argument that health care in this country is expensive. No one seems to dispute that quality health care in this country is readily available if you can afford it. What is disputed is why, among the 30 or so highly industrialized nations in the world, we rank almost last …

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Did the Coronavirus Originate Outside of Wuhan?

My Comments: My readers have long known of my lack of respect for Donald Trump. Some ten days ago, he and Mike Pompeo began a coordinated effort to shift the blame for our slow response to the Covid19 pandemic. The idea was to allege there was voluminous evidence it originated in a lab in Wuhan. …

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