Asides

I have to comment on the return of disgraced analyst/internet maven/ and founding contributor to the tech implosion of 2000, Henry Blodget.  For those of you who don’t remember, Henry made his name back in 1998 by predicting Amzon.com would rise to $400.  And it did, and it did so by doubling in a matter…

A better question might be:  Is it a normal market occurrence and should I be alarmed?  My answers are YES and NO.  I answer this way because a ten or fifteen percent correction, after the run we have had, would be perfectly normal and probably very scary, – but not the end of the world….

I like this piece because in putting it together I found some press and learned journal items from the early 1970s that might make you feel more at ease with the current investment environment.  But first I digress. My initial thought was to talk about the knee-jerk reaction Tuesday to the minutes of the January…

Again, I digress from the main point of this blog, calling the media and punditry on misleading, late to the table commentary and general fear mongering.  I thought it might be helpful for you to see where I am coming from and why I lean toward investing in stocks on a long term basis. Deficits,…