The Shifting Sands of the Stock Market

In years, past investors could rely on charts, historical timing, and investment advice to profit from the stock markets and their investments.  Today's markets, global in reach, are influenced by events far from Wall Street.  Many of which are new in nature...disasters, wars, collapse of foreign banks, bailouts, and computerised trading.

Fortunately, investors can still make money the old fashion way...they earn it...by trading on the down side as well as up.  The "Virtual Portfolio" has generated a higher rate of return (ROI) shorting the markets with appropriate ETF's than being Bullish with ETF's and stocks.

With just a few weeks until the 1 year mark, the "Virtual Portfolio" has a current ROI of 47.8%. And that was from being conservative with 15% to 50% cash reserves.  I look forward to this years CNBC "Portfolio Challenge" contest.

The Federal Reserve

Many anti-federalists oppose big Federal Government.  They want to return the power to the states and local governments, thinking in error, that will protect their constitutional rights somehow.

The real power of the Federal Government is the Federal Reserve System and it's Chairmen, yielding power to almost rival that of the President

Why don't these "New-Federalists" propose the abolishment of the Federal Reserve, an agency that has outlived it time.

Today for example the world economy was shaking in it's boots, awaiting a few lame crumbs from the Reserve Chairman...markets fell worldwide in anticipation of bad news!  Only now, prior to the close, have they marginaly rose higher.

I say it's time for the Dictatorship of the Federal Reserve to end!