> http://www.investorideas.com/rss/feeds/OP.xml Oxbury Publishing News en-us C2000-2007 InvestorIdeas.com tm http://www.investorideas.com/banners/iilogo.gif http://www.investorideas.com/rss/feeds/OP.xml info@investorideas.com (Dawn Van Zant) Happy that Oxbury now allows for immediate online feedback on its revamped website; I rather enjoy the opportunity to deal with the lesser lights among my readers. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r021809c.asp Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r021809c.asp I am very pleased to announce that we have arrived at the point of maximum confusion. The voices you hear are real, and what they are saying is also being generated by the haze within which we all find ourselves. You'd be best not to pay them any heed. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r021809b.asp Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r021809b.asp Let's take care of some old business first. When I suggested a closer look at long positions in GE and BAC last week, I did not expect each of them to spike violently in two days. That was part luck. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r021709a.asp Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r021709a.asp During the work day I usually keep CNBC on to see if the Talking Heads are doing something entertaining on any given day. Usually I keep the volume low or muted until a story or person of interest pops up. As the latter hours of the morning were coming to a close the CNBC "Real Estate Task Force" with Re/Max CEO Margaret Kelly and Charles Cohen from Cohen Brothers Realty popped up. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r020909b.asp Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r020909b.asp We welcome President Obama's "basic common sense" announcement of a $500k salary cap for top executives at companies receiving substantial bailout funds. It's a bit of welcome good news. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r020909a.asp Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r020909a.asp Dumb and Dumber is the title of the 1994 comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r012009b.asp Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r012009b.asp There is a rather interesting scientific experiment going on right now in the United States. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r011509d.asp Fri, 15 Jan 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r011509d.asp There's no end to the talk of how much cash is sitting on the sidelines just raring to be put to good investment use. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r011509c.asp Fri, 15 Jan 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r011509c.asp There will, before long (my best guess is between two and five years from now) be a global dumping of US dollar assets, including US government assets. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r010909b.asp Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r010909b.asp The year 2008 is coming to a close. Good riddance 2008 will be remembered as the year that the chickens came home to roost for America's brand of "elitist capitalism" and will long be remembered as the year where the greed of so few penalized so many. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r123008a.asp Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r123008a.asp This is an enjoyable time of the year. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r122308c.asp Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r122308c.asp My patience for utter stupidity and incompetency is growing slimmer with each passing day. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r121808a.asp Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r121808a.asp As Americans this week sat down to their traditional Thanksgiving dinner, the real feast was once again being enjoyed by the Wall Street elite. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r120108a.asp Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r120108a.asp This three part series will look into the detail of how decades of Keynesian based Economics have lead us into the current economic crisis. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r111408c.asp Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r111408c.asp "We've been suckered again ... or so it seems" http://www.investorideas.com/news/r111408a.asp Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r111408a.asp "Great Expectations" is the title of a classic novel written by Charles Dickens in 1861. It is regarded as perhaps one of his greatest novels. The title "Great Expectations" can also be applied to President-Elect Barack Obama, our soon-to-be 44th President. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r111008b.asp Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r111008b.asp That's right. I'm tired of all the stability, certainty, and guaranteed returns in the stock market lately. http://www.investorideas.com/news/r110708a.asp Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/news/r110708a.asp In scientific terms, absolute zero is the point at which molecules barely move. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r110408e.asp Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r110408e.asp As a child, there were times when your mama served you up something for dinner that you weren't so fond of. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r103108c.asp Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r103108c.asp I've been writing a lot recently about the dollar vs gold trade, with the emphasis of the discussion being on gold analysis. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102808b.asp Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102808b.asp Long thought to be an industry that could be banked on for stability by defensive investors during periods of turmoil, the healthcare industry should now be carefully navigated. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102808a.asp Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102808a.asp I am going to use this edition of Charts of the Week to accomplish a series of tasks that has gone undone for too long. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102408a.asp Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102408a.asp This past week's approximately $2 trillion pledge of support for their financial markets by the Europeans has stabilized the global financial markets somewhat. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102008b.asp Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r102008b.asp The U.S. government announced its largest ever budget deficit. http://www.investorideas.com/News/101608e.asp Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/101608e.asp P.T. Barnum, legendary co-founder of the world - famous Barnum and Bailey's Circus, is widely quoted for his pithy quip: "There's a sucker born every minute" - a line we hope to understand in new and interesting ways before this report is over. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508d.asp Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508d.asp France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Austria committed 1.3 trillion euros ($1.8 trillion) to guarantee bank loans and take stakes in lenders, racing to prevent the collapse of the financial system http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508c.asp Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508c.asp This past week saw high anxiety on Wall Street. And I'm not talking about the 1977 comedy film by Mel Brooks either. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508b.asp Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508b.asp Massive commercial paper purchase agreements. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508a.asp Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r101508a.asp If you would have told the "economists/analysts" on CNBC or Bloomberg six months ago that the next interest rate move by the Fed would be down, you would have most likely been laughed at. http://www.investorideas.com/News/100908f.asp Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100908f.asp This past week saw a remarkable occurrence. http://www.investorideas.com/News/100708c.asp Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100708c.asp The Philosopher Nietzsche wrote, "When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back into you." http://www.investorideas.com/News/100708b.asp Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100708b.asp When it comes to budget finance, a municipality more or less works the same as the federal government. http://www.investorideas.com/News/100308a.asp Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100308a.asp In the aftermath of the failed bailout, the markets are still tumultuous, and most of us financial pundits are kept busy providing either commentary about the colossal lack of judgement on behalf of Wall Street and the federal government, or giving people advice on how to weather the financial storm. http://www.investorideas.com/News/r100208a.asp Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/r100208a.asp And No One Outside Wall Street Executive Suites Likes It http://www.investorideas.com/News/100108f.asp Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100108f.asp While politicians played politics, markets moved. http://www.investorideas.com/News/090108e.asp Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100108e.asp Is Goldman Sachs Truly a Value Investment? http://www.investorideas.com/News/090108c.asp Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:00:00 PDT http://www.investorideas.com/News/100108c.asp