Here is an email exchange I had with my step father. Note: my mother works as a Bed Bath and Beyond store manager. Original email back in November: > BBBY is down to 29.5 your thoughts? > -Kevin (11/26/2007) And then my response: > Short-term BBBY is a damaged stock. Unless they get back above $30...

So Kim and I are in the process of buying a house. We're going through a lot and learning tons of stuff that would be great to share with all of you. Perhaps more importantly, there are a bunch of folks smarter than me who occasionally read this. So I'm hoping we can get some good advice here and...

I started this blog entry last Friday, and am actually pleasantly happy that things have gone further down. This all has to do with things that I have been talking about in previous blog entries. Is it a time to buy? Undertrader says now could be a good time to buy. > The other important thing is...

Ok, this is a way long shot, but here are my Democratic and Republican ticket nominations. I say it is a long shot because my gut is telling me something and that is what I will follow on. Democratic: John Edwards Republican: Mike Huckabee Gotcha on that one, no? In October 2004 I said it would be...

I was asked by redddweb the following question: > The last few posts of yours sounds as if your market sentiment is bearish. How do hedge against these risks, as well as dollar fall, inflation, etc; I would love to see a blog entry on facing these challenges(invest in gold? it too is at all time...

Becky from CNBC had a talk with Warren Buffett and how Buffett is a bit pessimistic. Becky's interpretation is an excellent example of how media changes focus and does not interpret properly. Specifically Becky keeps talking about the following comment: > I made by far the best buys I've ever made...

Hi folks, starting in the new year I am going to be launching a new website called HappyAsAHippo.com. On this new website I am going to do a couple of things: - Calculate the HHCPI (Happy Hippo CPI). We all hear about inflation, and how low it is, but yet we feel wrong. What I am going to do is use...

This post is a bit of hard post for me because it is going to sound ultra-bearish. So if you want to avoid a really bearish blog entry, then this is the one to avoid. If you want to know why I am bearish, then this is the blog entry to read.  I want to add a disclaimer here. I don't really know if...

I listened to some commentators talk about the Hugo vote, and they said something along the following lines: > This shows that Hugo is a human, and not a dictator. It is not that bad, etc, etc, etc... How conciliatory he is... He will not change... He will do more of what he is doing now, and will...

As we all know there has recently been pressure on China to appreciate their currency because of the trade imbalances seen in Europe and America. As well, other East Asian countries are running into problems with their markets because China’s currency is doing so much better then theirs. Here is a...