TripRockYeti

Is Gold A Sucker's Bet?

Alan is a handsome young man..but I bet hes shorting Gold BIGTIME! You'll probably see S&P index at 750 before you'll see gold at $400..You better short that one instead..LOL..I doubt you'll see $575 again in our short lifetimes...too much uncertainty! Masses will continue to stock up on Gold as a store of VALUE as the dolla' buys less and less..I am curious where did Alan get his economics degree? Thx guy but I think Gold will be very strong for years to come..

Recession Is Good News for Costco

Analysts at Goldman Sachs? Your kidding me right? They don't know..Sh!T..I wouldn't believe a word they say..Analysts today are nothings compared to those of say 15 yrs. ago..its ALL FLUFF Btw, does Costco sell Fluffer-Nutter?

Stocks Plunge, Again

Curbs-in that is really funny about the soccer moms ripping off the Quickie Marts for baby food..LOL I think I made a mistake buying another 25 shares of Morgan Stanley b4 the close on Thursday..at $12.67..oops..wife keeps bitching about a half a new roof we need on the house while I keep messing up..hehe..maybe she should join the soccer moms in those Quickie(HAHA) Marts..that reminds me 'We do have a kid that plays soccer' HaHa

5 Reasons Stocks Will Keep Falling

Peterthepainter your EXACTLY RIGHT! "DEFLATION" I put that one word on a sign on the rear of my car windshield weeks ago! How about that..

Eight ETFs to Preserve Your Wealth

Deflation is on the way or we are in it..
Too many things worth less then cash and cash in supply amounts under the number of nearly invaluable things..
Cash, Gold and maybe muni-bonds..the end

eCommerce Stock Pair Trade: Amazon vs. eBay

If it weren't for the rare and unusual cool things on ebay...I wouldn't even go there. To me amazon is just a reference tool..I don't really care for the user interface operation they have... I hardly ever buy from amazon since there isn't much that interests me. It does seem that buy it now stuff is lame since, like I'll say again: being part of a REAL AUCTION is part of the FUN of it..it seems like one's somewhat in control of it. Both sites need to get a handle on shipping costs for buyers..thats a MAJOR TURNOFF and page shutter... It shouldn't take a beginner 6 months to figure out how to sell in ebay..I still haven't sold a thing...

Is This the Death of Gold & Silver Stocks?

I am SOLD ahhh what the heck I grabbed me 90 shares of AUY under $9.90 ...got lucky grabbing 50 of them @ $9.11(gushes) hehe.. I am bullish gold at least 2 years out..so I am good..
Maybe I'll look like mud in 3 months...time to buy more. I figure maybe support is somewhere above $767 per oz.

If you see bigfoot laying next to a big ole rock in the forest..it must be..TripRockYeti..he goes down again...

Gold Speculators Rushing In?

Ok CLH if your calling the 2 times the price touched $300 after 1980 so then the price was 2.5 times its value..as in the $300 being support levels. When you speak of shorting commodities and gold sure..but..how far down the road are we talking a few weeks, months or years.? I see this disinflation as a temporary thing..even if we ignore crude oil for a second(which 'seems' to be pulling most all commodities with it for the time being) what I ask is going to be done to consumer prices when the gov't attempts to do something about the $8.7 TRILLION National debt..as you know..? In case anyone forgot, I thought we at a 27 year high in inflation rate..? As oil falls does anyone think consumer prices will fall as well, I say let the crap on the shelves rot til they do drop in price..

Gold Speculators Rushing In?

That nice spike here in 1980 has little to do with today for those dollars back in those days are very different than those today...
Many experts claim adjusted for inflation/time value Gold should be around $2200 per ounce, I am not holding my breath for that either..
There seems to be alot of funny business going on with the Gold market.. maybe manipulation is a better word..Either way a stable Dollar and Gold will run...(see inflation)

..if it's big n hairy and trips over a rock it could be a Yeti..it falls down too..TripRockYeti (i.e.this is a work in progress)

EBay: The Doldrum Years

Correction: I meant to say 'sellers' are just wanting to earn money on those fees by themselves.

sorry, TRY

EBay: The Doldrum Years

Ebay has gotten really complex for sellers as well, everytime you turn around it seems they are changing their fee structure..
Can't they just stick with 'SIMPLE' for awhile..
It also seems that shipping/handling fees are out of control and look like an immediate turn off to alot of buyers, they sure are to me, its as if buyers are just wanting to earn money on those fees by themselves.
(yeah..everyone knows about higher fuel costs but 4 bucks for a 1-2 lb. package seems like alot for bargain hunters)
They must have hundreds of MBAs looking into how to turn this mess around..somehow they need to cut costs substantially to bring the masses back into buying(simple is better) if you ask me..

These Stocks Are Attractive Amidst This Selloff

Holy Crap! I am no expert but I do have to say that it seems to me that it could be quite a long time for BAC to get to $31/sh and this Citigroup to get to $12 is probably a joke!! You do claim that is not over in your opinion, I give you credit for that. For these things to happen maybe we need to shed an additional 1,500 points on the Dow, down to 10,750! If that happens there will be WAY MORE BARGAINS then just the financials for half the price..your article on these 2 stocks is a pipe dream. Honestly I haven't even spent anytime researching your other 'bargains' after considering the first 2 as a joke... good luck wit dat..

Blood on the Street Means Opportunity

The Dow Jones is not like the dotcom bubble(nasdaq)!
The last couple of days including today may have indicated the markets were oversold, in my opinion..(kinda early to confirm)
James makes some very well written valid points that I would be unable to so eloquently conjure up, but I do agree that a readjustment to quality assest classes should be the order of every investor. I always keep in mind two simple phrases that James is referring to 1) its no fun being to the party early and 2) its very painful being in the way of falling knives. That being said I'll leave the put options and shorting to the experts..I guess I'll go long, well at least a little longer then my last trade. In case anyones not paying attention BILLIONS were yanked from the markets(mutual funds) since early Nov.07. Maybe there are many other obvious reasons why one might want to be satisfied with incremental gains in small percentages rather than quadrupling their stock gains, just a thought in this precarious market as it is? ..a pretty tall order for a little fish like me.. But I like this article as it is written..keep up the good work, thx.