Paris Hilton has been injected front, bathing suit and chaise lounge into the thick of the Presidential campaign by John Wayne McCain as a way to differentiate his approach from that of Barack Obama’s.  You know Paris is a silly sort of thing and so is Senator Obama.  All talk and no action. Rising... 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

I’ve been actively developing in the past year or so an idea. It’s an idea that takes the concept of an article directory and then tacks on the idea of selling those articles. No, it’s not a script to gain backlinks or to spread the word about the newest website. Instead, it’s... read more

In order to follow the stock market, an investor needs information. The internet provides great amounts of news and data to assess both the stock market, in general, and individual stocks in particular.  Besides having read “The Wall Street Journal” for what seems to be forever and a day, I use... read more

While the domestic economy grew 3.9% in the last quarter, The Federal Reserve, America’s central bank, has decided to reduce interest rates one quarter of a point, the second consecutive cut in rates, presumably in an effort to correct a slump in the housing market. Actually, a lower interest rates... read more

At 14,000, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is essentially higher than it has ever been before, translating into many, but not all, investors making money. The same holds true for Google, GOOG, which is selling for more than $600 a share, again meaning a lot of people are making money in this stock... read more

Based on recent news reports, I believe it is safe to assume that News Corporation, NWS, is going to be successful in its effort to buy Dow Jones, DJ, and its subsidiaries, which include The Wall Street Journal. Since the goal is to provide content for a new business news cable channel, even though there... read more

A little more than two months have passed since I wrote about The Motley Fool’s stock mentions. I think enough time has elapsed for a simple follow up, although, to be fair, investing should have a longer term perspective. I started by mentioning the suggestion that Activision, ATVI, at $18.14... read more

Continuing with the market rally, Microsoft, MSFT, has reported a sixty-five percent rise in quarterly earnings to fifty cents per share that is not yet reflected on the Yahoo page for analyst’s estimates for the company’s earnings. Last year, they earned thirty-three cents per share and the thirty-four... read more

An article in “The Wall Street Journal” about the SanDisk Sansa Connect caught my eye because MP3 players and wireless phones are selling well right now so I thought I would spend time looking at what is available. The Sansa Connect is wireless using wi-fi to transmit and receive mostly... read more