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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

RECESSION- A NORMAL Part of the Business Cycle

November 23rd, 2008 · 15 Comments

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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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economic Indicators · Economy · Locating Stocks · Uncategorized · economic news · sub-prime mortgage crisis · watch list

Meet the Greatest Subprime Comedians plus Tony C. Checks on Cramer

November 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments

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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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economic Indicators · Economy · Jim Cramer · Mad Money · Uncategorized · economic news · sub-prime mortgage crisis

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STOCK INVESTOR-Making Sense of the News and Numbers plus Cramer’s advice to Obama

November 9th, 2008 · 6 Comments

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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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economic Indicators · Economy · Jim Cramer · Mad Money · Uncategorized · economic news · sub-prime mortgage crisis

A RIDICULOUS SUBPRIME FAIRYTALE plus Tony C. Checks Out Cramer

October 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Once upon a time, there was a great and powerful country called Freemerica. Its people were decent and hardworking and dreamed of one day owning their own home in this leader of all other nations. The people of Freemerica depended on its leaders, President Bungler and members of the House of Ineptitude to protect them [...]

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Tags: Cashing in on Covered Calls · Economic Indicators · Economy · Jim Cramer · Locating Stocks · Mad Money · Uncategorized · economic news · sub-prime mortgage crisis · watch list