Is Volcker An Example of Historical Revisionism!

Via Long and Short. > And you know it hurts my feelings, if nothing else, that the Swiss franc is worth more than the dollar. > -Paul Volcker in an interview this week with Charlie Rose Yes the famous Paul Volcker who brought stability back to crazy America. Volcker was in office from 1977 to...

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The State Of The Market

Up, down, up, down it would seem that the entire market has gone nuts. I have also taken my time to post a blog entry talking about the state of the market. Part of it due to a cold I was working off, and other part is that I am busy finding buying opportunities. The big question in your mind is...

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Yeah, I'm posting, what's it to ya?

Christian's posts over the last few days and an article about Warren Buffett got me thinking and I think it's time for a post to the good ol' Investor Geeks. I think the morons on TV have gone on long enough and I think we Investor Geeks are on the same page, so listen up! First of all, the days of...

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Commodity Investing - Insurance for your Purchasing Power

I wanted to provide a counterpoint to some recent articles posted on Investorgeeks that have suggested commodities are not a good place to invest.  More specifically, that the commodities boom is a high risk area of investing and potentially a giant bubble. I have a different opinion.  I personally...

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Today The World Changed...

I will be releasing my market sentiment blog entry tomorrow, and it is positive. Though what I want to comment on is how the world has changed for the better. What do you think it was? I will not keep you in suspense, but the world changing event is the fact that the Fed has allowed investment...

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Cramer's Call On Nokia Is Missing Some Facts

He says you should dump Nokia. Why? Because of comments made by TI. Cramer you are a dumb ass! Sorry cannot put it simpler. Cramer do you ever bother to do some basic research on companies? I have a love hate relationship with you, but the more I watch you the more I see that you are a trend trader...

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Buying Commodities = Flipping Houses

People have asked me in the recent week why I don't buy this commodity rally. I gave it some thought, and came to a conclusion that it is like flipping houses. Before you continue reading, what did you think of those that flipped houses? What did it do to the market and what are the ramifications?...

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Is this 1990 for Banking?

Jim Cramer yesterday said that we have yet to reach the bottom in the banking sector. He talked about how there is not yet a banking run and that Citi traded in the 5 dollar range. What Jim Cramer said is that we are still not near the bottom. So is Jim right? Was 1990 worse? Let's take the case to...

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