Category Archives: Finance

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Options

Posted on Thu, 13 April 2023 by Chris Penningroth

I’m thinking about learning how to trade them.

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What do I Read After the News?

Posted on Mon, 16 January 2012 by Chris Penningroth

News browsing evolves over the years, at least for me. Since I moved back to the States a few years ago, FoxNews is pretty much standard fare at work and I can watch it at home. It beats that conglomeration … Continue reading →

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The Return of Feudalism?

Posted on Sun, 14 June 2009 by Chris Penningroth

     I had been updating one of my useful (not earth-shatteringly important) slide shows a couple months ago in an effort to help explain to my fellow Airmen what had been transpiring in the larger economy and to try to … Continue reading →

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A Reduction in the Defecit? Cool!

Posted on Thu, 11 June 2009 by Chris Penningroth

     I must admit I had my doubts that the Federal Government would be able to reduce the deficit by half within the next few years like it said it would.  I thought later that I saw a possible way to make … Continue reading →

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My Quick Take on the Possibility of Inflation

Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 by Chris Penningroth

    Most of us know that the government is having Treasury spit money off the presses at the Mint fast enough to beat Jeff Gordon in the Daytona 500.  Typically when this occurs, inflation rears its ugly head and devours the … Continue reading →

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Just One Time

Posted on Sun, 10 May 2009 by Chris Penningroth

     I’d like to see just one article in the weekly Motley Fool e-mailings not mention Warren Buffett.       Could you imagine ESPN never going without mentioning the New York Yankees once per hour? That’s kind of what it’s gotten … Continue reading →

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You Could Fool All of the People

Posted on Sun, 11 January 2009 by Chris Penningroth

     I ran across this gem at the Motley Fool this morning while speeding through my e-mail.  It was a post called Sizing Up Banking’s New Giants and was written by Morgan Housel.  I emphasized my favorite part of the quote.  Back … Continue reading →

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Seventy-Nine

Posted on Sun, 07 December 2008 by Chris Penningroth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbK3RhCQoI8      Here’s an academic take on the financial crisis.  This is 58:19 long, so grab a break and a cup of coffee if you mean to watch this! [Update – Sorry, for some reason embedding it did not work this … Continue reading →

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Crazy Market

Posted on Fri, 25 January 2008 by Chris Penningroth

     I know the market is going down.  I’m just happy it’s finally stopped going sideways.  I personally don’t sell short or deal with put options (or options in general).  I had quit looking at my accounts for the past … Continue reading →

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Selling

Posted on Thu, 08 November 2007 by Chris Penningroth

     For any of you who have been tracking my investments with me, here’s what I’ve experienced and seen lately:      First, IBD has suggested that the market is now in a correction.  After teasing us with 5 or 6 … Continue reading →

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