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Author: Tim Knight

Participation Pattern

Human nature on a mass scale is fascinating to me. Check out this “just for fun” chart of the Labor Participation Rate in the U.S. over a period of many decades. It is presently at 62.2% (what the other 38% of the country is doing with …

Be Nice to Canada

I would have never guessed anything like the facts below: the entirety of the OPEC nations are totally dwarfed in importance by our friendly neighbor to the north. Why do we bother to kowtow to the bloodthirsty maniacs in Saudi Arabia at all anymor…

Eyeing AMD

FEEDThe day isn’t quite as big a kick as I thought it might be, but steady as she goes. On the whole, I am in wait-and-see mode. One in particular worth watching is Advanced Micro Devices. In particular, I’d like to see it get as close to t…

Miners, Maybe?

Gold has disappointed me more times than – – than – – well, someone who disappoints me a lot. It’s a real heartbreaker. In spite of that, I’m giving this another whirl by way of mining ETFs, based on what seems t…

Cramer Hall of Famer

Have I mentioned he gets paid $5 million a year for this kind of advice? This actually understates the drop, since I took the screen shot last night; as I’m typing this, the stock’s price is about ONE TENTH his “we like” lev…