Archive for March, 2009

Polispeak in political math and jobs made simple

Written by Michael Vass
There has been a lot of talk about huge budgets and deficit spending over the past couple of months. Numbers in the trillions of dollars have been tossed around, to the extent that few seem to comprehend the meaning of such numbers. So I thought I’d try to simplify it all.
Let’s start [...]

Alcoa - suddenly a superstar

Written by Michael Vass
Well either I am a genius or I will be in the doghouse with good company.
Back on the 24th of February I stated that Alcoa was one of a small group of companies that I felt were undervalued. I was speaking of the market in general, what we can expect and in [...]

Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer: really missing the point

Written by Michael Vass
So Jon Stewart took on Jim Cramer tonight. It was a beat down. It was vicious. It was obvious that Stewart had an ax to grind. And it was wrong on many points, yet true to the feelings of many.
As a former stockbroker I have had many discussions with people about the [...]

President Obama thinks stock market is a good deal he doesn’t care about

Written by Michael Vass
There is nothing like watching the daily polispeak dance that politicians like to do. It is especially interesting when the dance is being done by the President. Few Presidents are as skillful with polispeak as President Obama, which says a lot.
I mean just look at how President Obama has handled the complete [...]