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Entries from December 2008

2008- Historic Economic Realities Give Birth to a New Generation of Investors

December 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

2008 has been a bittersweet year for this Blue Collar Investor. So many hard-working, honest, middle class Americans have seen their 401Ks dissipate to a meer shell of its old self; forclosures have become rampant, job losses are skyrocketing and people are beginning to realize that no one seems to have the appropriate solutions. We [...]

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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economic Indicators · Economy · VIX · economic news · sub-prime mortgage crisis

•The Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme: A Validation of our Blue Collar Philosophy plus Tony C. checks in on Cramer

December 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

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Blue Collar Mission Statement
1- Become CEO of your own money
2- Become financially independent
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Never before have the convictions of the Blue Collar philosophy become more meaningful as they have this past week with the arrest of Bernie Madoff for what may become the biggest fraud in the history of Wall Street. Madoff, now being called “the Thief [...]

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Tags: Economy · Guest Author · Jim Cramer · Mad Money · Uncategorized · economic news · hedge funds

Call to the SEC: Wake Up and Reinstate the Uptick Rule NOW

December 14th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Did you ever sit down, scratch your head and say to yourself, “I just don’t get this?” Maybe your best friend is dating a loser; or your favorite pro football team recently hired a clueless coach; or perhaps your college professor just finished puffing through a full pack of cigarettes while giving a 1-hour pathology lecture. Well, [...]

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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economy · Jim Cramer · Mad Money · Uncategorized · VIX · economic news · hedge funds · short selling stocks

The New York Stock Exchange: Part of a Global Conglomerate and a Stock to Watch

December 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

If we were to ask the average investor this question: What does the ticker NYX stand for? The most likely answer would be: The New York Stock Exchange. We would respond: Good answer, but you only get partial credit! The reason for this is that in this global economy businesses must offer multiple product and [...]

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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economic Indicators · Economy · Uncategorized · VIX · economic news