Last week, the story broke that a couple of Lucent employee's stole some of the companies proprietary internet software and sold it to China. As shocking as this is, it points to a greater problem the should be of concern to investors. Industrial Espionage. Its not just our "enemies" doing it. Our friends do it to us and our government doesn't do much to protect our companies or our shareholders.More...

This week the two houses of Congress are going to be voting on budget and tax guidelines. The score is pretty much what I predicted in this column months ago. A tax cut of $1.35 Trillion with discretionary spending increases of 4.9% will be passed. Now the real fun begins.More...

Tech Leader Index Last Update 4/10/2006 Start Cap $1,593,623,137,937 Market Cap $1,163,676,883,825 Last Close $734.10 Index Value $730.21 % Change -26.98% 1 Day Change -0.53% Point Change -3.90 Year to Date 1.97%   Click for Details

Redneck Index Last Update 3/30/2006 Start Cap $34,485,194 Market Cap $160,556,129 Index Value $4,655.80 % Change 365.58% YTD 379.82%

Is Oracle going to miss earnings?

In real life, I'm a systems administrator of large servers that run HP-UX and have a lot of Oracle products on them. This week, I got an inside track on possible earnings troubles at Oracle Corporation.More...

What might happen in the stock markets next week.

Last weeks employment numbers fulfilled the fears of many. Hardly a surprise, but months of job losses finally pushed up unemployment figures. In reality, the markets should have taken this as a positive development.More...

Some graphs on the stock(s) we discussed this week.More...

Last weeks portfolio snapshot. More...

Our models still look strong. More.