Top 10 Mistakes in making Behavioral Changes
Its the beginning of the new year, and you probably made some resolutions. Odds are that by the time this month is halfway over, all...
Trends Don’t Last Forever . . . What is Peaking?
This reminds em of “Downsizing America” post from 2 years ago (February 2009): > > Source: Most Trends Don’t Last...
Magazines Won’t Be the Killer App for Tablet Media
The working end of the new year hasn’t even started and already the media is having a tantrum over the iPad. This the morning the...
The Dow Piano
Here is an interesting way to start your year: CNN created the “Dow Piano” — translating market action into notes, and...
New yr brings slew of global mfr’g data
With all eyes on the pace of the global economic recovery, the New Year saw manufacturing indices around the world. Chinese state sector...
What I Expect in 2011
No surprise here: The markets begin 2011 on a high note, with futures forecasting strong gains for the first day of trading. Why this...
2010 Asset Performance Numbers
Gold? The hell with that crappy yellow metal — In 2010, it was Palladium (95.6%) and Silver (83.5%) who kicked some butt. So did...
Pirates Cove
David R. Kotok Chairman and Chief Investment Officer Pirates Cove January 2, 2011 > “We’d like to thank you, Herbert Hoover”...
Stock Market Matrix: The Investment Triangle
One of the things I frequently reference is the long term secular periods of bull and bear markets. Holding onto a broad basket of stocks...