Small Business Boomers

There are two schools of thought on pennies:
School 1 – I’ll call it the “old school” – Exemplified by an elderly lady I know who cannot pass by a penny anywhere – on the ground – on a table – in a store — without taking it.  She says that every cent is valuable and that the accumulation of all those 1 cent pieces adds up.  She’s obviously a child of the Great Depression (1929 variety), when people got used to hoarding things and stuffing money in mattresses.
School 2 – I’ll call it the “new school” – Exemplified by Valerie …read more

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Things are falling this October, and I don’t mean leaves. It seems that Fall is the time of year for stock prices to fall. For example:
1929 – October 29 – Black Tuesday:

1987 – October 19 – Black Monday – the largest percentage decline in stock market history.
1999-2001- Dot-com Bubble Burst – Although technically the bubble “burst” in March of 2000, the events of September 11, 2001 contributed to its demise and the stock market took a big loss on September 17, 2001, the first day the market opened after September 11.

Image source: Little Professor
Kind of SPOOKY, …read more

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Anyone want to disagree?

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