Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2009) Battle-weary investors remained skeptical of a banking quick fix and endured more grim economic fodder during the past week, causing US stocks to hit their lowest level since 1997. After the worst January (-8.8%) on reco...

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (February 16 – 22, 2009) A perfect storm of a deepening global recession and banking woes last week battered equities and supported the safe havens of the US dollar, government bonds and gold bullion. A dismal corporate earnings outlook, fears...

Trend: Leveraged and inverse ETFs do not perform as expected due to tax distributions and tracking error.  Jim Cramer on CNBC has been ranting about the problems effects of the double short financial ETF SKF. Simon Maierhofer at ETF Guide describes the illogical returns of leveraged and inverse ETF...

Big Tobacco has a good post on military bling.  He sent me a note: John, I wrote that post about combat patches. You don't need to post a link to it. It's not that good, but I'm letting you know about it because I said I would. [BT always sends me a note telling me how crappy his work is...&nbs...

Over at Cassandra's place, we got into a nostalgia-fest in the comments following Cassie's post where she bitch-slaps a self-absorbed whiny Army wife who can't see the big picture because she's surrounded by mirrors... it's all about her.  We got into what life was like as a member of a militar...

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    If the true motive behind Gov. Sarah Palin’s surprise announcement of a reversible “bulletâ€� line to move affordable gas from Cook Inlet to Fairbanks were not so obvious, her plan merely would look ridiculous.   Jenkins Instead, it looks calculated and cynical. All her postur...

This from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research : Energy Guzzled by Al Gore’s Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month Gore’s personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient� home renovations NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his h...

Dude, even if you win now, you're still the biggest loser in the race. Jesus. The onlookers' facial expressions are what truly make this pic. Click to enlarge...