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...

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...

Every year there seems to be a trade or two that stands out in my mind. Those trades I remember for a very long time. My wife complains I beat myself up too much and that very few of these trades of the year are for the positive. At the end of August, the overall market was down about 12% and I was ...

[map courtesy of Google Maps.] A few people have wondered “What are indigenous people saying”? in the fallout of the Aurukun gang-rape case. I’ve tried to gather some voices. If you’ve seen others, please add a pointer to them. Boni Robertson was the first to hit the news. Fr...