Battered investors had their second straight week of positive returns in most sectors last week. But after many false bottoms, they are wary. Early August's rally sank into new lows for the Dow and NADAQ before the summer even ended. The question on everyone's lips is simple; Is this for real.More...

It is no coincidence that North Korea revealed its nuclear program the same week as a worldwide al Qaeda offensive rippled across the globe. It is not a coincidence that these things happened while the United Nations is debating an offensive against Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. The moves are all planned, calculated and possibly coordinated. The response is simple; stand firm.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%

2002 Grand Prix

Long-term readers will remember that we purchased and drove a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix, disposing of it late last year in favor of a Nissan Xterra. Our recent foray to the HP-World Conference in Los Angeles gave us the chance to do a seventeen-day test drive of the lower end Grand Prix. Here is our review.More...

What might happen in the stock markets upcoming weeks.

Yes, we've not been doing our weekly writing and this is a trend likely to continue. Starting a new web hosting business is taking a lot more time than we thought. Just the prospect of building a backup server at a solid week of our time. It was important to us to have another machine ready to be investmenttool.com just in case our main system needs a little work.More...

Last weeks portfolio snapshot. More...

Our models still look strong. More.