- Was the market even open today? Very flat with a slight and barely noticeable negative bias, but on light volume. Seems like I'm not the only one feeling a bit worn out after the weekend. Oil prices sank today, even with Iran touting their nuclear program. Maybe we're just bored with that storyline.
- I have one question for the San Francisco Giants regarding their signing of Barry Zito: "How much did THAT cost ya?" Holy smokes. And the rest of their money they just wasted, I guess.
- CNBC stock contest thoughts... I have 3 stocks in the challenge, AFSI, KOMG and VRGY. Also have about 40% cash. Rank 162363 (Top 29%) as of right now, whatever that is in the CNBC non-real time world.
- Here is what's going on at the Denver Broncos Cheerleader tryouts.
- Just as the weather warms, we're warned about the bad health effects from hanging out at chlorinated pools. How come it's always the fun stuff that causes problems? Riddle me that, Batman.
- Here is some MP3 player technology from Sandisk and Yahoo that gets a big yawn from me. "Sansa Connect lets users listen to typical MP3 songs, but also has a built-in Wi-Fi wireless communication connection, allowing users to download songs from Yahoo's service without first linking to a personal computer." This really is no big deal, folks. You can already stream music from your PC to your PDA or smartphone via WiFi or a broadband wireless phone deal. Oh, and movies and pictures, too. Oh, and internet radio. So... Big deal. Besides, Apple is coming out with their iPhone within a couple months and that'll outshine the Sansa, IMHO.
- OK, so market thoughts... I haven't formed many right here. I'd expect a swoon this week at some point because it's the week ahead of options expiration. On the otherhand, earnings season is kicking off. How's that? It'll be interesting to see how the market reacts to good news and bad news as tells to where we're headed. During good times, LA could be nuked and the market wouldn't care. During bad times, world peace could break off and the DOW would be down 500 points. Probably lots of folks who are undecided.
