This week a simple story about a little options trade. The matter at hand is simple. Take advantage of expected market volatility to make a little money. The goal is simple, to execute one good options trade a month yielding $500 or more. No greediness, no get rich quick schemes, just a little fundamental money making with options.More...

The Bush administration has got the forceful stuff in the war on terror right. The application of military force has been right on the mark. The diplomatic pressure on terror nations has been good, though the ignoring of anti Israel terror is a mistake. The financial war has been well done though pressure needs to be applied on the EU to stop Hamas and Hezbollah financial networks. What has been ignored is the long term structural changes in the Middle East that will stop the route cause of terror. Here is the first part in a series on what needs to be done.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%

Not Excited

Excite was supposed to conquer the broadband world when they started putting together a nationwide cable system a few years ago. Last Friday night, they pulled the plug on their network, stranding 4.1 million customers. This rivals the Northpoint fiasco and customers are probably going to get about 12 hours notice. The funny thing is that it hurt their partners/competitors.More...

What might happen in the stock markets next week.

It is well known that the stock market commonly rises sharply before the economy does in a recession. It is however possible that the market has gotten too far ahead of the economy. There have to be concrete signs of recovery before the market is likely to resume its gains.More...

Last weeks portfolio snapshot. More...

Our models still look strong. More.