- Interesting split tape in the market today. Nasdaq up a smidge, with the DOW down and the SP500 basically flat. I'm not reading anything into it. Remaining 100% long. Wary of earnings (as always).
- Alcoa was up afterhours yesterday on their earnings, but fell today.
- Sexiest woman alive? Charlize Theron. The debate is over!
- Following the flap over the Democrats using a 12-yr old boy as their response to the President's Saturday morning speech on the SCHIP program? Michelle Malkin all over this one. Here and most recently here. I agree with her. I commented about it previously here. I think we have to be wary of increasing the government's role in health care. Especially when it looks like the parents of the 12-yr old could've made some other choices with their money.
- Oh, I did skip the GOP debate yesterday. Rudy has a slight lead in the polls over Fred for the GOP, and on the other side Hillary in a landslide. National polls have Hillary with an 8-pt lead over Rudy in a Presidential heat, and double-digits over Fred. President Hillary, anyone?
- And here in the Empire, after Clinton serves her term(s) the rules say that we get another Bush. It's sort of like a royalty thing where both sides have agreed to take turnsies.
- Speaking of empires, I DVRed the Star Wars III movie last weekend.
- About 10,000 homes in Sacramento are in some stage of foreclosure. Hey, the town where I went to high school was smaller than that!
- Dr. Jeff has a logic test up involving poker. If you know the answer, send him an email! Also an interesting column up called: New Market Highs: What's the Downside?
- Wednesday... This is where the stock market is supposed to get weird ahead of options week. Really hasn't happened. Lots of fear in the market despite the record highs. Probably that is what keeps fueling the markets higher.
