It doesn't have to get all hot and heavy and technical here on InvestorGeeks all the time! If you tell me an investor with good temperament needs a serious attitude every second, I'll counter that by saying sometimes you really need to let loose and have fun! Even Warren Buffett gets crazy once in...

For the past little while I have kept a closer eye on energy. So I am thinking that maybe I should create a regular blog column about energy? If you like my previous blog entry at Investor Geeks, and liked my other articles regarding energy, please tell. And if you are interested, tell me what you...

Back when I was a financial young’un, I went to one of those free seminars hosted by a mutual fund company. Speaking there was a financial “guru” that I had admired for some time. I had read his books, watched his weekly tv show, and scanned his newspapers columns. I really thought he knew anything...

My recent "discussions" with fellow InvestorGeek, Steve, about "baseball cards" as a metaphor for stocks have prompted more thinking on my part. Isn't that what you wanted, Steve? Actually, I've already known that trading stocks is very much like trading baseball cards. I've already blogged about...

After reading Erin's great post a few days ago and talking about it with one of my good friends, and after a conversation I had with my fiancee, the question came up, "When is enough, enough?" Erin and Ken both quoted Trump and Rich Dad, Full of Shit Dad as saying you need to invest to win, how...

On Saturday afternoon, a friend of mine called me and said “You don’t have to watch the Illinois game.” I said, “They lost right.” He said, “They were up 25-7 and the quarterback had 175 yards passing in the first half. He ended up with 190 yards passing for the game because they kept running the...

At Motley Fool, bad information and skewed research are the topic of the day. Good ol' Mathew Emmert over at Motley fool posted an article this week, which you can read here, that states that "dividend stocks beat the market." Whoopdie freakin' doo. We've all heard this before, even some people...

Great conversation about Why the Poor Will Always Be With Us. I wanted to continue that by addressing some of the issues raised from the 'soap box' I've been given. (wink) I raised the issue that more money does not solve the problems of people who do not know how to manage it. JDawg and Lisa...

Most of you are probably looking at stocks and thinking about moving averages, technical analysis, and probably running some scanner application to find the latest and greatest stock to invest in. Maybe some of you will use fundamental analysis to figure out what the cash flow or earnings per share...

The Naked Economist (and no ladies, he is not actually naked in the picture, disappointing I know) in his most recent Yahoo Finance Article made this comment: > The living wage: Wouldn't it be great if everyone in America earned at least $12 to $15 an hour? I think it would be. The fact that...