“Dow Below 10,000 For The First Time Since 2004!” “Dow Below 9,000 For The First Time Since 2003!” “Dow Tanks Record 800 Points in One Day!” Do these headlines look familiar?  You can’t go to a news site or watch a news show without seeing it.  The importance of the matter is intensified once the [...]

Normally a highly advanced topic which would require some prerequisite courses, recent events and a reader request have pushed Short Selling to the front of the College of Weakonomics agenda. Short selling is the exact opposite of buying stock.  You purchase stock because you expect the price to go up.  Let’s say I buy Wachovia [...]

Who will help us most Obama, McCain perhaps? No, “in Gates we trust!”

Today is a bank holiday, so no post.  You’re probably at work though, which sucks for you.  Take solace in the fact that I have to work the day after Thanksgiving.

My cousin is getting married the day this post goes up.  I’m very happy for her, and she’s the 4th on that side of the family to get married.  Weddings are always fun for the guests, but I feel so bad for the parents of the bride. I can just imagine one day paying for [...]

This morning’s post, if anything, was depressing.  Someone sent me a little joke that I think helps relax the tension of the times.  You may have seen this, but it’s new to me.  Have a giggle, it’s good for you. If you purchased: $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have [...]

This won’t be funny.  And this is no Weaky.  This is about an unstable man that couldn’t handle the economic turmoil, despite being well off. Karthik Rajaram was a 45 year old man that had done well for himself, with the exception being the most recent months.  By all accounts this guy had many things [...]

I loved “Bill Swerski’s Superfans” as a lad.  They were a Saturday Night Live skit (6 minute video) featuring fat people from Chicago.  Along with a thick mid-west accent and appetite for sausage, they were huge fans of Chicago sports.  Notably, “Da’ Bulls and Da’ Bears”, but also the Cubs, White Sox and others including [...]