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Alex Strashny, Ph.D.

Stocks showing strength

We pick the mix of investments that maximizes the expected return while not exceeding a fixed maximum risk. In the past month, we have, once again, made a little money in bonds and the money market.



Stocks have shown a lot of strength in recent weeks. Although the st

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Posted by Alex Strashny, Ph.D. on June 1, 2009 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

Sherril Gilbert

Workplace Bullying and the Economic Crisis

I am perplexed by how politians are able to speak about the crisis we are in and how we need to cut back. It is true the economy is in a crisis and the reason why is greed and corruption at the top and they ignore the behaviors of the ones who have come under the radar.

Millions if not billions are lost each year in the United States by unethical Administrators who abuse their power to gain absolute rule. We are talking about tryanny that is allowed to happen in the United States under the amen… Continue

Posted by Sherril Gilbert on May 30, 2009 at 12:55pm

Alex Strashny, Ph.D.

Bonds continuing to earn money

Happy Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, and World No Tobacco Day (May 31).

We pick the mix of investments that maximizes the expected returns while not exceeding a fixed maximum risk. In the past month, we have continued to make money in bonds and the money market.

In the last newsletter, I wrote that I still did not believe that stocks were in a true raContinue

Posted by Alex Strashny, Ph.D. on May 17, 2009 at 10:20pm — 4 Comments

Alex Strashny, Ph.D.

Stocks still in a definite downtrend

Happy World Press Freedom Day, VE Day, and Mother's Day. (Remember to call your mom!)

We pick the mix of investments that maximizes the expected returns while not exceeding a fixed maximum risk. In the past month, we have, once again, made a little bit of money in bonds and the money market.

I've written in the past two newsletters that the recent increase in stock pricesContinue

Posted by Alex Strashny, Ph.D. on May 3, 2009 at 9:36pm

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There were also many economists who were saying in late May and early June that the big runup (that doc did not participate in) from March thru May was due for a correction. June 1 was when the doc said shift into stocks just as that correction th...
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Great question. See my response.
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