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Doin’ the Dead Cat Bounce

October 16th, 2008 · No Comments

On Wall St., the “dead cat bounce” is what happens to a company goes under. The stock price falls precipitously, as everyone sells, sells, sells. Towards the end, there is a brief, but small spike in the price before slipping off the charts … or a “bounce.”
Those who thought the crash was over after the [...]

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Vote “NO” on 48

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

I generally try to avoid hot button topics like abortion. Really, I do. By and large, abortions are difficult, if not impossible, to justify. By the same token, there is little benefit to anyone n forcing a mother to carry an unwanted fetus to term.
This year, Colorado has an initiative, “Amendment 48,” to make a [...]

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Financial Meltdown

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been in London for the last few weeks on work. I hadn’t assumed that the Brits were just as stupid as Americans when it came to astronomical market inflation and leveraged risk.
I was wrong.

I usually pick up a paper to/from my way to work each day. Sometimes I pick up two.
With the exception of [...]

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