Consider a metaphor for a second. Consider a limited amount of bricks exist in this world. 3 people are trying to build a house. 2 of them know how many bricks they can afford, so everything is good. They start to plan to build a house. Now the government comes in and raises taxes, and [...]

Irrational exhuberance is when people continue to get excited about the stock market even as the economy does not contain this same sense of optimism. In my opinion this is often a natural eventual side effect of too much money chasing too little supply, or too much money chasing too many businesses all chasing the [...]

First, let’s just take a look at Chart addict’s post on his market thoughts.
I believe the 1929 comparison is interesting, however, I also think the time frame needs to be adjusted. Fed intervention and regulation and such in markets is larger, and I think that will lead to a slower decline if this model plays [...]

So with China finally just saying no to US treasuries, and Helicopter ben jumping from his helicopter in a kung fu move to raise the rates, as the options ARMs crisis approaches, real estate will continue to be in trouble you may be looking for a stock investment tip on what this means. Well it [...]

Before I get into everything going on right now, first a bit of a follow up on trading options conservatively.
When trading stock options you are not going to gain an edge unless you are able to use
online options strategies to manage theta decay. Basically there are all sorts of option trader, but there’s nothing [...]

Trading Options Conservatively
Time for you peons to learn a little bit about how to become a man and trade options. Notice while I do think trading options mean becoming a man, that doesn’t mean that it should be done in a macho through all caution to the wind type of way. You are not trading [...]

Special thanks to Pradeep at stockbee for the inspiration, and I also appreciate the fly’s invest within parameters post for a little different perspective.
I’m sorry, but if you failed last year, a simple “new years resolution” isn’t going to make you a better trader or investor. And if you succeeded, you need to learn and grow. [...]

Look who randomly decides to show up. I’m back for a post. I think there is a very important matter to discuss and it’s money management.
Many people think that just because they have a slight edge means that they should risk the maximimum. They reason that it will give them the highest expected return, if [...]

Sorry for irrelevent post…
Mandatory old man kickage down elevator shaft was needed
 

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History shall repeat itself. I decided I’m going to start a series where I compare our current situations to various dates. This post will probably be the longest. I’m looking for similarities and differences, that will hopefully if nothing else present information that will allow us to learn from the past.
“Those who do not learn [...]