Are you kidding me $4.00 a gallon for gas? I for one have had to make serious adjustments to my normal family vacation plans. Usually we spend a week or so traveling throughout many states stopping at all the local attractions and enjoying what each area has to offer. Not this year. We will be staying close to home with thes

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John McCain is living in a fantasy world where the fundamentals of our economy are not just strong but VERY strong. John McCain is officially McNuts.

I'm not sure how he can look at how badly the economy is tanking and not realize it but that does show how out of touch he really is and why Republicans should reject him as

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The perception is that everyone who lives in Beverly Hills is mega rich and has no worries, well that simply isn't the case. Foreclosures happen everywhere. The United States is seeing a record number of foreclosures and housing prices in general are dropping which kills equity.

The high profile foreclosure filings of Ed

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As the housing and credit crisis continues in the US, specialists believe that the total loss in revenue and or capital can total over 4 trillion. U.S home prices may have lost a third of their value by the time the crisis is over. There are more losses than that as top credit analysts say High-yield bond valuations will hit n

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John McCain thinks the economy is strong, that just proves he is unfit for the office of President. But that isn't the only problem with the presumptive Republican nominee.

John McCain seems to think direct diplomacy with Iran is a bad thing yet he admits to secretly meeting with a “former” high ranking al-Qaeda operativ

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"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People."

The problem with these two candidates is that they're so similar on the issues. It comes down to race vs. sex, experience vs. inexperience and bitch vs. arrogance. So, let's look at these three issues:

1. Race vs. Sex: If you're a woman, do you vote for a black

man or a whit

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Google is the biggest thing since sliced bread or peanut butter. Did you know that the average revenue per employee at Goog is 1.1 million dollars? And yes, as this article points out that includes the janitors. It has only been 9 years since goo

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All surveys out has record gas prices at $4.00 a gallon. Will it ever end, I think not until we change presidents and the economy gets better.

So is there any truth to the stock piling of gas and why is congress not doing something if someone is .. what is causing these high prices. Regular Americans out here can’t afford it

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Barry Ritholtz over at thebigpicture.com is great. Here is a post from today explaining how even though rates were lowered yesterday the market is down today on inflation fears. In Barrys typical fashion he lays out several reasons and warning sig

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Earthlings, if you have access to Internet, you can get all your information for FREE, unless it is The Wall Street Journal. There is no need to subscribe to magazines or newspapers. You can save money, and receive all this information and more, faster and much better over the Internet. Most important, you will not use tree mat

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"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People"
I don't care what signs the Federal Reserve sees, on the street I see a lot of scared people. Financial markets and our banking system are based on psychology as much as reality. Perception is reality. Everywhere I turn, I see the subprime fiasco rearing its ugly head. I want to bury th

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It seems as the phrase 'enough is enough' does not exist anymore. I mean, come on, quit for the sake of capitalism.

What's with the obsession of bail-outs for market participants who cry for help from problems which they have created?

One has to wonder who is less intelligent:

1. The professionals who ca

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Earthlings, beware! Fancy dinner dates are out during the economic recession. We do not understand why humans spend so much money to go out on dates when the end result is the same every time. Humans are sexual creatures and very predictable. It is all about sex, sex, sex.

Why don't Earthlings simply ask the opposite sex to

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Earthlings, why buy fashion when you can be fashion? Make your own cool and original clothing. People will not know it is not some schmancy fancy brand, because during recession Earthlings are too busy trying to figure out how to pay their bills. Your friends will never guess you sewed it yourself. If they ask where you got you

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This post briefly details the four economic reports released yesterday and 'decodes' the message send by those reports to market participants. There is no doubt among the 'sophisticated players' in regards to the state of the economy, equity markets and consumers but the majority insists to be ignorant about the subject...a

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"Smart-Ass Politics for Smart People" (political satire)
Even though Obama may not be the most experienced candidate (this is not and endorsement for Obama or Hillary, I'm still undecided), his look, posture, demeanor are displaying belief that he can win.

Obama has become Obamassiah.

Even with John McCain's ridiculo

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