Well, I’m back from a much-needed week of vacationing. I ended up taking the kids to the Great Wolf Lodge and to a museum in Philadelphia. I also had what I guess you could call a star sighting

First of all, this was not a hoax. Falcon was missing when the balloon lifted off. Why would we make a hoax with our kid?-- Richard HeeneWe all know about that balloon and we all have our own theorie

There are people who earn money, which is correlated to creating value in society, and there are people who earn money by creating money-making schemes, which don’t correlate to real value in s

Editor's Note: This was originally posted on the Buzz & Banter. It's being republished here for the benefit of the Minyanville community.If you're a bull, you'll like this chart of the NASDAQ 100

Couples Retreat but equities advance. Vince Vaughn’s rom-com ruled at the box office as the S&P 500 posted its first full week of unbroken gains since November 2006. The Dow ended at a fres

As blogs and the promptly posted YouTube (GOOG) videos have already told you, there was a small slip-up on the most recent episode of Saturday Night Live. During her first episode as a featured playe

“Crippled but free. I was blind by the time I was learning to see.” --Grateful Dead It was a beautiful, crisp September morning as I looked up from my Wall Street Journal to watch the sun

What was first thing that went through my mind this morning? HOLY COW THAT MUSIC IS LOUD as my alarm sprung to life at 5:30 AM. As a creature of comfort, I like what I like and stick to my

Editor's Note: “Memoirs of a Minyan” is a first-person account that follows Minyanville founder Todd Harrison as he weaves his way through Wall Street and beyond. This e-Book will publish

Today's topic is about what happens when the market moves in a single direction, so I'm only discussing the situation in which you own calls that are significantly in the money and are worth real mon