Category Archives: Economics

Stock Market – Weekly Preview

I’ve got a couple of picks for long term growth and a couple conditional picks. The portfolio ended the week 10-10, 100% in terms of win/lose over last week. 1.78% increase overall – would have been a gain of $1,288.25 … Continue reading

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Mock Portfolio A – 9/1/05 Update

Total for the week so far is a gain of 1.11% – $799.50

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Portfolio A (Something New)

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Democrats Must Protect Our Pensions

Legislation to make it harder for corporations to default on payment to pension plans must be a staple of Democrat campaigns in the upcoming mid-term and national elections. This dilemma impacts corporations, stockholders, employees and pension-fund managers. The only one … Continue reading

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Minimum Wage

This issue is politicized and spun to pit us against one another, like most things.  But the basis for the argument against raising the minimum wage is pretty much the opposite of everything in the Bible and the rhetoric of … Continue reading

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Stock Prices Own Us

In a newsgroup recently I was confronted with the typical right-wing opinion that Gingrich had to chastise the Democrats for the pork they allowed into their bills, and the person writing it hadn’t a clue as to the fact that … Continue reading

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