Boy am I mad! It was brought to my attention last night that Jim Cramer has stolen my plan, which I called " The 3% Mortgage Solution " in my Feb 9th column, and simply added a point to it and claimed it as his own on national TV . I'm not sure how to feel about that - I'll be glad if the plan is us...

They say any crash you can walk away from is a good one but this sure doesn't feel like it. Let's not forget, it's been a short week. Last Friday moring I had said : "Dow 7,800, S&P 820, Nas 1,460, NYSE 5,100, Russell 437 and SOX 203 all better continue to hold today but, even if they do, we’r...

Another disappointing week! Once again it was only what we expected so no big deal as we went into last weekend ready for the bear if the stimulus plan failed to give us a boost. Even so, finishing back near the November lows is downright depressing. On Friday, the 6th I said the energy sector could...

What a great week! I am so happy we stuck to our guns after that very disappointing Monday session. Fortunately, after the awful finish the market had to last week , I went into last weekend's Economic Overview with the full intention of making a bear case for the market going lower and ended up rea...

What a great time we had yesterday! Despite the myriad of market concerns, I closed the morning post saying we would be shopping our Buy List and, at 10:03 , I cautioned members to put stops on our put plays and at 11:13 I felt good enough to lay out my 25 favorite plays of the moment off our Buy Li...

Now what? In the Weekly Wrap-Up we were discussing the 5% rule in detail and I said of last week's action to members: "Finishing at the 5% rule is considered a bad thing as it means the index simply ran into a wall and didn’t have the push to complete a breakout in one day and it’s rare that the...

Worst January EVER! What a way to start the year! I've decided to delve into the bear case this weekend to see if I can talk myself out of thinking we've suffered enough at the 8,000 line. I'll be posting as I read in a Weekend Reading section but I thought it would be a good idea to first review wh...

Earnings, earnings, earnings! We have got bunches of earnings today with many big names reporting and the Dow is bouncing around like a ping-pong ball in pre-markets as announcements hit the wire. Yesterday's action was wild too as we flew up to test our 8,217 range-top and then back to our 8,066 zo...

Spain became the second Euro-zone country in less than a week to suffer a downgrade of its government debt, as the bloc's deepening recession eats into tax revenues and threatens the health of public finances. Oh yes, I remember something about Obama today but forget that as a headline. I have long ...

Here are a series of articles that you should be able to connect: Oil Collapse Forces Gulf Nations to Run Deficits, Cut Foreign Investment Half of Commodity Shippers May Breach Loan Covenants by April, RBS Says Hamas Fights On in Gaza Strip as Rockets From Lebanon Hit Northern Israel Crude Oil Rises...