21
Aug
2008
The Frozen Economy and You - Part 2
Posted by Tom as Economy
I found this via Financial Armageddon.
I had a master’s degree. I had a job. But to feed my three children, I had to swallow my pride and go to a soup kitchen.
I could segue into some political rant here, a slick dismissal of the Bush administration, perhaps, or a paragraph declaring my support for [...]
19
Aug
2008
Market Timing Model Says Buy!
Posted by Tom as Algorithmic Trading System, Economy, Genetic Algorithms
My market timing model issued a BUY yesterday. The 1276 level in the S&P500 seems to be a very powerful area and I’ve added to my positions at 1276 the last time a BUY signal was flashed. Only time will tell if this was a wise move.
In other news, my new genetic algorithmic [...]
17
Jul
2008
Looks like investors are angry after their stock market hits a losing streak, the largest in 18 years. Some say its because of fears that the ruling coalition might collapse but I suspect its something else.
So how do you take out your anger after market collapses and your life savings vanish?
Pakistan stock investors threw [...]
16
Jul
2008
I hear this type of conversation amongst my struggling friends as well.
Heat or food? Gas or electricity? Medicine or mortgage payments? What to give up? What to cut back? The conversations were everywhere. In the supermarket, I heard one man tell another: “When I was a kid, you woke up, went into the bathroom, and [...]
15
Jul
2008
You have to love Jim Rogers and the interviews he gives Bloomberg. He’s a wise man that comes across as a cranky at times but we should listen carefully to what he has to say.
“I don’t know where these guys get the audacity to take our money, taxpayer money, and buy stock in Fannie [...]
