I have been writing about the stock market and the national economy, two intertwined subjects if ever there were any, for these past so many months and the basic underpinnings, instead of getting better, as one would hope and past experience with a growing country would suggest, essentially appear to... read more

The Dow still remains below thirteen thousand.  While somewhat above the recent bottom, this is not a strong statement of faith in the three hundred dollar individual tax rebate currently being handed out, what the three remaining Presidential candidates are doing and all the other distractions taking... read more

There is good news coming soon for people who make money using capital.  The Federal Reserve appears headed towards cutting interest rates a little bit more and those legendary three hundred dollar tax rebate checks that everyone has heard about, no matter what their opinion on the matter happens to... read more

I last wrote about the stock market and finance at the end of February.  Since then, time has played ahead and the markets have traded in their fashion but whether anything has changed depends on where you come from and what you bring to this discussion. The Dow is at twelve thousand five hundred approximately,... read more

With the stock market closer to twelve thousand than fourteen thousand as measured by the Dow, headline writers and other news sources are making it clear that financial markets will not truly rally towards the fourteen thousand benchmark and probably beyond until Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke,... read more

The Dow Jones Industrial Average of thirty industrial companies is dropping two companies, Honeywell, HON, a diversified manufacturer of power systems and other industrial supplies, and Altria, MO, now just a tobacco company, and replacing them with Bank of America, BAC, a large bank, and Chevron, CVX,... read more

Last year, from the endless depths of its accumulated wisdom and financial acumen, the Federal Reserve was sending interest rates higher.  This made borrowing money ever more costly, making it more expensive to buy a car or own a house.  This slowed sales and experienced investors in the financial... read more

The stock market has had four trading sessions during a week that has seen a big interest rate cut announced by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and a tax cut stimulus package requested by President Bush make major progress in the Congress. Disappointingly, two sessions were up, two were down, just... read more

Politicians might look down on the stock market for ideological, patronage and other reasons, but it does do good things for the country and certain constituent bases by providing jobs and incomes and, best of all for those dependent on the government, income taxes, capital gains taxes and other revenue... read more

The Dow finished over 14,000 for the first time on July 29, 2007. It reached its all time high of 14,164.53 on October 9. It is now closer to 12,000, a difference of 14%, officially a correction, but really more of a bumpy ride since investors have begun to lose money. How bad are things? Well, from... read more