“I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.”-- Harry DunneIt was perfectly planned, a summer sojourn to end the season and recharge my batteries for the home stretch

And its whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason. And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter.- Led Zeppelin (Sta

It’s official—almost. Late last week we called a Time Out for Truth, seeking to peek behind the curtain at what makes the market tick and why.On Monday, while pundits discussed traditiona

As financial media continues to weigh alternative content strategies, I’ll again offer that the solution to the most deflationary invention in world history—the Internet—is ti

Jerry Bonkowski in Auto Racing Daily says that “pulling support from Sprint Cup-level [racing] is like George Steinbrenner pulling his financial support of the New York Yankees.”Bonko

Abe Lincoln once said, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Are you happy? What is happiness anyway? I thought about this the other day while camping out wi

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Saturday Night Live goes commercial? Horrors! What looked like a "MacGruber" sketch appeared during the Super Bowl, but it was instead a clever ad for Pepsi (PEP). It also indirectly p

In Elliott Wave terms, the S&P 500 is in wave 3 of 3 down. I will attempt to explain this in terms those not familiar with Elliott Wave can understand. Wave 3's are long and strong and unrelentin

The Holy Grail de jour of financial market prognostication is predicting the bottom in housing. It's a fool's errand, however. Investing based on a perceived end to declining property values has&