So you think this year has been a horrible one for stocks. You are right about that. We are well on our way to the first three year consecutive decline in my lifetime. Whether you blame terrorism, war or overvaluation in the 1990's the fact remains that it has been a very, very bad year. It is however, not an impossible year to make money.More...

George W. Bush's Middle East policy speech last week broke new ground in the arena of diplomacy and politics. It told the truth, feelings of the parties be damned. It set out a clear, moral stand as to where the United States stands on the war on terror.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%

Red Hat Upgrade

Much of the web content of this web site is presented on a server, in our offices that used to run Red Hat Linux 7.2. We had downloaded and burned the CD's for 7.3 but simply hadn't gotten around to actually running the update. Last Saturday night, we did.More...

What might happen in the stock markets next week.

In a flurry of negative news, the stock market held up quite well. A pretty decent comeback from revelations of massive accounting fraud at Worldcomm was wiped out by another massive fraud at Xerox, which did not fully come to light until after the close on Friday. We expect another tough week, devoid of real progress.More...

Last weeks portfolio snapshot. More...

Our models still look strong. More.