Weekly Links

Darwin’s Weekly Reads: Should We Move Edition?

September 25, 2010

This has been a week wrought with second guessing, what-ifs, and what-might-bes mixed with enthusiasm and excitement.  See, we’ve been mulling over a move for a year or two now and finally got around to putting our home up for sale this summer.  Drivers included moving to a better school district and a nicer home.  […]

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Darwin’s Weekly Reads – Gold on Fire Edition

September 17, 2010

With gold touching a new high this week and Treasuries coming off their record highs, there’s no clear direction for the market, interest rates or the economy as a whole.  Equities have slid sideways for weeks now and the unemployment numbers have been roughly meeting consensus (slightly below typically).  There’s the typical mix of optimism […]

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Weekend Reading – Stock Market/Economy Disconnect Edition

September 3, 2010

Apparently, the market actually thinks a 9.6% unemployment rate is just swell, sending the S&P500 up 3.5% for the week.  This is a major move up for a 5 day period, and a reversal in a recent market downturn from prior weeks.  While the unemployment numbers were better than “expected”, they’re still not rosy by […]

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Weekend Reading – Hindenburg Omen Edition

August 22, 2010

So, we survived the week in Hindenburg Omen territory and while the market didn’t exactly “light up” my portfolio, the dreaded market crash didn’t occur, nor is it any more likely over the near term than at any other time in the recent past.  The market has already priced in stagnant unemployment that’s going nowhere, […]

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Weekend Reading: Life is Good Edition

August 5, 2010

In looking back and many of my posts, tweets and comments on other blogs, I seem like a cranky bastard.  Many of my writings would fall into the “complaints” category.  Sure, there’s a lot to complain about right now, but my energy could be directed in a more productive manner.  It’s good occasionally to step […]

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Weekend Reading: Return of the Russian Cold War Spy Game Edition

July 9, 2010

This week’s big news (aside from some basketball player I couldn’t care less about) was the shocking swap of spies between the US and Russia after revelations that the US had apprehended 10 spies that had been under surveillance for over a decade.  Just when you thought the Cold War was over, this is just […]

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