labored day

What better time to get to work than the Labor Day weekend and Labor Day itself. Celebrating tomorrow. Good times.

Another busy week.

-Obama gets the presidential nod from the Dems at their party, names JoJo Biden as his Veep - looks like a good ticket even if Biden's son and brother can't seem to stay out of the news with their HF's and lawsuits
-some guys are really knocking the cover off the ball this year - and others getting absolutely clobbered
-US Open going on in New York
-big conference going on in Bermuda in late October
-Hurrican Gustav looks to be gaining strength and heading towards the gulf coast. Possible oil ramifications and more bad news if it makes landfall
-the four horsemen: GOOG, BIDU, AAPL, & RIMM - volatile, volume and very profitable
-time to put away the whites as another summer unofficially comes to an end
-schedule really opens up on Tuesday - time to roll it out big time

Happy long weekend.

DJIA 11,543.55

NASDAQ 2,367.52

SP500 1,282.83

a list of events

Busy few weeks, out of town again, traveling, time off, working here and there, meanwhile the world and the markets march on. A few of the highlights:

-the dollar has rallied against its major currency foes
-oil has cratered
-SEC is tinkering with the downtick rule and naked short selling
-Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are having major problems
-Obama picks Biden as running mate
-Biden's son and brother are in the HF industry and currently being sued
-commodity prices continue to decline causing pain where there was once so much joy
-some big names in the HF industry are having very rough first halves of the year
-hurricane season is upon us and forecasts call for an active season with multiple landfalls
-major market indices continue their ever-so-slow upward trend
-big news and events coming out of RCA and RCDEF, LP

Happy Friday.

DJIA 11,628.06

NASDAQ 2,414.71

SP500 1,292.20

inching higher, inching closer

still staying within the upward trending channels, the 3 major indices were fairly flat for the week, although the Nasdaq probably got the best of the 3.

Happy weekend.

DJIA 11,659.90

NASDAQ 2,452.52

SP500 1,298.20

making gains

an up week for the street - pretty rare these days- brought the indices to the top of their upward trending channels, although still in a major downtrend, the bulls have had something to cheer about lately.

Oil continues to plummet - looks like T. Boone got his way.

The election is entering the spin zone for the next few months - the swing vote is still out there though.

Olympics start today - lots of commercialism, nationalism and politicism. Sports are in there too somewhere.

The office is dug-out - the organization is coming together...nothing left but the doin'. Bermuda, the Breakers, NYC, Bean-town, SF - a whirl wind of possible travel.

Happy Friday.

DJIA 11,734.32

NASDAQ 2,414.10

SP500 1,296.32

new day, new month

August has arrived. Another Friday - another down day in the heat of the summer.

Happy weekend.

DJIA 11,326.32

NASDAQ 2,310.96

SP500 1,260.31