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FOMC Statement 3/20/13

2013-03-20T13:57:16-04:00March 20, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests a return to moderate economic growth following a pause late last year.  Labor market conditions have shown signs of improvement in recent months but the unemployment rate remains elevated.  Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the [...]

FOMC Statement 1/30/13

2013-01-30T14:13:17-05:00January 30, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December suggests that growth in economic activity paused in recent months, in large part because of weather-related disruptions and other transitory factors. Employment has continued to expand at a moderate pace but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and [...]

FOMC Statement 12/12/12

2012-12-12T12:30:40-05:00December 12, 2012|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months, apart from weather-related disruptions. Although the unemployment rate has declined somewhat since the summer, it remains elevated. Household spending has continued to [...]

Back in Black

2012-11-08T00:52:13-05:00November 8, 2012|

The Edgy Investor is attempting to make a comeback into the SharePlanner fold.  I have a new (read: faster) computer that should be able to handle blog posts, I have a new regular-job that should allow me more opportunities to daytrade than in the past, and I have a new [...]

FOMC Statement 10/24/12

2012-10-24T14:32:33-04:00October 24, 2012|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months.  Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.  Household spending has advanced a bit more quickly, but growth in business [...]

QE3: Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems

2012-09-21T15:38:45-04:00September 21, 2012|

I’m a huge fan of Rick Santelli, as he seems to be the only honest reporter in all of main stream media. The guy gets it and doesn’t care whose feathers he ruffles in the process of stating his opinion.  What gets me is that no one seems to really [...]

We’ve Seen Such Confidence Before

2012-09-13T14:18:48-04:00September 13, 2012|

Needless to say it looks like Bernanke is doing everything in his power to repeat history under the assumption that the US economy can't go down because of unfettered/unchecked centralized planning. He believed the banks were too big to fail, and apparently the United States is too. History isn't kind [...]

FOMC Statement 8/1/12

2012-08-01T14:14:53-04:00August 1, 2012|

  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June suggests that economic activity decelerated somewhat over the first half of this year. Growth in employment has been slow in recent months, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Business fixed investment has continued to advance. Household spending has [...]

FOMC Statement 6/20/12

2012-06-20T12:41:05-04:00June 20, 2012|

  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately this year. However, growth in employment has slowed in recent months, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Business fixed investment has continued to advance. Household spending appears to be rising [...]

TZA/TNA daytrades

2012-01-13T16:31:05-05:00January 13, 2012|

I've been working on this trading strategy for a while now, but really started to focus on it solely in the past week.  Here are some charts showing the moves and a brief explanation. 1. Have either 4 screens or set your 1 screen to 4 charts so that you [...]

Dividends

2012-01-07T14:05:27-05:00January 7, 2012|

When I got seriously interested in dividend investing about two years back, that was pretty much all the type of trading I did.  I muddled through how these things moved and paid out, weighed the tax advantages, and so on.  A lot of times I took small losses or broke [...]

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