By Ocean on Jul 14, 2008 in Featured, Our Theory | 1 Comment
A wise man once said that bubbles will only occur with Securities, Commodities and Art. Of course, we have seen him proved wrong with the current Sub-Prime mess. But while his prediction was wrong, his reasoning should not be discounted.
The reason he mentioned Securities, Commodities and Art is because these are bought and sold [...]
By Ocean on Jul 11, 2008 in Featured, Letters/Contributions, Money Saving | 1 Comment
It’s the summer now and school should be the last thing on most peoples’ minds, but since not many jobs are being found, many readers might be wondering if they should be further educating themselves, and if so, how?
Along these lines, we have re-posted an earlier article, featuring Ababon’s Was it Worth it Program, which [...]
By Ocean on Jul 9, 2008 in Featured, Our Theory, Prediction Markets | 0 Comments
As those of you who have been around our site know, we are big promoters of Prediction Markets over National polls. As a consequence, we have been featuring Prediction Market data for the U.S. Presidential Election for quite some time now.
We must, however, be fair. Most of the polls featured on the major [...]
By Andy on Jul 7, 2008 in Featured, Our Theory | 0 Comments
Barack Obama proposed to have the government regulate energy markets. His argument is that the high price of oil is due to speculators.
While this would be “change,” it would be change of the wrong kind.
Obama should focus on basic economics: supply and demand. As hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens has pointed out:
Speculators have nothing [...]
By Ocean on Jul 4, 2008 in Featured, Other | 1 Comment
If you peer over to the right of this post you should see a Chatter Box section. This is our Twittering, which will be updated sporadically with little economic and financial tidbits, as well as good deals for shopping, saving money and anything else we may come across.
Check in with us often to see what’s [...]
