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The holiday season is upon us and here is what people are talking about: The stock market is down dramatically; the real estate market is even worse; the bond market when factoring in inflation is giving us absolutely nothing; and our government officials seem confused. Although there is a lot of hope with a new [...]

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Generally speaking, the main focus of this column is for Blue Collar Investors to share information that will be useful in generating substantial  income into our investment portfolios. In normal market conditions we locate the greatest performing stocks in the greatest performing industries and use these stocks as vehicles to generate great returns under the [...]

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Medical journals tell us that laughter can cure many illnesses. At the very least, it can make us feel a whole lot better. This subprime mortage crisis is making many of us sick psychologically as well as physically and financially so I thought I’d turn to some of our greatest comics both past and present [...]

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The market is crumbling; take all of your money out of the market and never invest another penny in it.
The market is going up like a rocket ship; there’s no stopping it. Put every penny you have in the stock market.
Oh how market psychology can make fools of intelligent people (hasn’t that also been said [...]

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You’ve screened your stocks both fundamentally and technically. You been diligent to only select equities in the greatest performing industries. Even subtle decisions like factoring in earnings reports and companies that report same store monthly retail sales cannot guarantee that an equity will appreciate in value. The reality is that there are a litany of [...]

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