Archive for March, 2011
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Friday, March 4th, 2011I have read bits and pieces about what’s going on in the NFL. From what I can tell, the players want things to stay like they are but the owners want more money. As I understand it, the owners get a $1 billion expense credit right off the top of all revenues, which are currently [...]
The Price of Gold During Bush’s and Obama’s Terms
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011Here is an interesting little chart I put together this morning: During Bush’s presidency, the price of gold had an average annual gain of 15.45%. During Obama’s 2.11 years (771 days ÷ 365.25) in office, the price of gold has had an average annual gain of 28.78%. Source: USA Gold
Ah to Be Young and Idealistic…
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011A little Tuesday afternoon humor for you. I know we shouldn’t take these college kids seriously but this was too good to pass up. Fast forward to about 2/3rds of the way through the video to get to the dialogue I posted below. It’s too funny. This what Rob says: “There are two fundamental classes [...]
February 2011 Total Returns for S&P 500 and Other Benchmarks
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011I added two new benchmarks to my monthly indice coverage. The new benchmarks are oil and gold. February’s 3.45% total return for the S&P 500 was its highest since 1998, when the month showed a 7.21% total return. Gold surged 6.4% after falling over 5% in January. Oil gained 2.85%.
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