I have been completely obsessed with too many things recently. I try to determine the direction of our stock market in the short term and long term. I try to figure out the direction of our country. I try to find new business ideas so that I can build up a huge business from scratch. I try to find new ways to do my work and make my company better. I stay up at night thinking about this crap. I stare off into space …

This past weekend, my wife and I decided to get away. We wanted to get away from work, our house and go enjoy the beach. Furthermore, I wanted to get away from CNBC, CNN, Fox News. For the past several weeks, I have been glued to the TV and to talk radio analyzing every piece of data when it comes to the financial crisis and the presidential election. I had to take a break from it. So, the solution was we went to visit family …

It’s hard to not have heard of Joe the Plumber these days if you have had the television on at all. He is now famous for questioning Presidential candidate Barack Obama on taxes which resulted in perhaps the most important four words of this election: “spread the wealth around”. My view is that this concept is both a crucial component to this year’s election and also an economic issue much more important than a single election.

I’m a big believer in continuous learning. In order to get ahead in your career, in your money management and in life, you need to continue honing your skill set and adding to it. Well, this blog is dedicated to help you do that. I’m starting a new series entitled ‘Earn Your 20s Money Degree.’ This series will focus on a variety of topics that I believe we as 20-somethings need to understand if we aim to be successful employees, investors, entrepreneurs, etc.
The first entry in …

With the stock market down considerably, it is definitely a time to start thinking about investing in stocks if you haven’t yet become an investor. That’s not to say we’ve hit a bottom, because the more I look at it, I don’t think we have hit a bottom. Before investing, I’d recommend determining your strategy.

Slaughter, destruction, panic, pummeled… these are the words that describe this past week in the stock market. The Dow dropped below the 8,000 mark today but ended up from there and closing “only” down 128 points. A somewhat bright end to a disaster of a week.
How did you hold up in the recent annihilation of stocks? Did you get killed along with the majority of investors? Did you hold up ok due to a large cash position or some hedged positions? Did you make money …

With the market crashing through the 9k mark (Dow), investors are wondering when the carnage ends.  The market is down approx 37% from its peaks a year ago.
I am going to be sitting put and just watch this thing shake out.  I recently purchased more Apple shares at $90 because I like the company long term and they have plenty of cash to finance their operations.  The only other moves I may make in the short term is sell my DUG position which is up almost 50% in a matter …

I’m pretty fed up with the way our country is being led. Maybe it is the result of a perfect storm of an economic crisis combined with the typical empty political rhetoric that comes with an election. Or maybe it’s business as usual for our country. I’ll let you decide for yourself.
So, what am I so fed up with? Well, today, I’ll focus on three areas and the leadership correlated to each of them: housing, taxes and the stock market.