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Dull, Dithering Romney Clings On
My comment: The Republican presidential march is now in Florida. In a few days, the Republican party of Florida will have identified it’s candidate of choice in this years presidential election. The article that follows came from The Financial Times, a publication out of Great Britain that is usually focused on business, economics, etc. It's …
Market Rebound Predicted As Rivals Pull Back
My comment: The nature of this prediction has more to do with the viability of certain Wall Street companies than it does Main Street companies. However, the people quoted and the sophistication of their respective enterprises suggests to me that if they are correct, it will be a result of a market rebound that in …
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Can You Pass the Investment Test?
My Comment: Over the recent holiday weeks, I had a conversation with someone who, when hearing what I did for a living, said that he got so burned during the 2008 market crash that he does his own investing now and refuses help from anyone. His comment was that if he was going to lose …
I’ll Be Back…
This is just a quick post to say there may or may not be anything new here for a few days. I’m heading out to a workshop sponsored by the foundation in Tucson that promotes a process to help high school students and their parents find free money to help pay for college. This is …
Insurers Profit From Health Law They Spent Millions to Fight
My comment: This is a follow up to my post the other day that talked about how the GOP candidates pledged to repeal ObamaCare once they became President. That's not likely now that major donors to their campaigns are making real money from the effects of the law. (Bloomberg News) Insurance companies spent millions of …
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Small Companies, Big Credit Problems
How banks’ reluctance to make small-business loans is a major driver of sluggish recovery, and what to do about it. My comment: Yesterday I got an email, one of many over the past several months, from someone who is a registered Democrat in Gilchrist county. His email, I’m sure, reflects his opinion that the Occupy …
The Myths of Obamacare in the GOP Campaign
My comment: Since this appeared two months ago, the GOP campaign to determine who will oppose President Obama next November has experienced many changes. Today, Mitt Romney appears likely to earn the nomination. While readers of this blog probably know my leftward leanings, I’m particularly confused today by the attacks on Romney by his competitors …
5 Common Investing Biases
Will knowing what they are help you make better decisions? Humans are thinking and feeling beings. We make decisions both cognitively and emotionally. As investors, we incorporate objective information, past experiences, assumptions, beliefs, and feelings—among a host of other factors—to make economic decisions. Unfortunately, we also fall prey to a variety of biases that can …
Weekly Market Recap – 09 JAN 2012
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