Category: Business & Economics

  • Market Position – Your Options

    When in a market position, you can choose to do the following: 1. Add to your position. 2. Lighten up on your position. 3. Dump your position completely. 4. Hold and do nothing. 5. Hedge your position by buying or selling another stock/etf/index. Any of the above depends on your conviction level and time horizon.

  • Market Prognostication

    Market is up today on better than expected employment Numbers. What could make the market go higher?  More cheap money from the government.  If not, the market should see a correction.

  • Prosper.com Evaluation and Experience

    I originally invested about $3500 in Prosper.com approx 2 years ago (circa 2007).  Since then I’ve had half my loans go bad.  Funny thing is that I loaned money out to only A and B Quality borrowers.  The rates were lower, but default rate was still high. I’ve recuperated about $2500 of my original principal,…

  • Economic Fundamental Signs

    Industrial Production Unemployment Rate Capacity Utilization Tax Receipts