Monday July 25, 2011 Gina Faimondo warns that Rhode Island Pensions need reform.   The Unions cheer, what's up with that? This is topic we will visit this fall in Intermed II. We will take a look at this report as part of the lesson on that chapter in Intermed II. 

Sat July 16, 2011   Bull Market Boomers Our entire lives, all seventeen or eighteen years, had been spent in a bull market. Bull markets are the result of positive social mood. And so, with a lifetime of positive reinforcement, we thought eighteen boom years in a near row, was perfectly normal. Our parents were…

Thursday June 30. 2011 One of my favorite blogs is Kirk Tuck on photography.  He holds forth on Discipline. Please read this link.  As Mike Phelps swim coach said, you want to win, get in the water…. I am not a big swimmer, but the same metaphor holds, you want to be a great writer photographer…

Tuesday May 24, 2011 There is always a fad going round, clothing fads, food fads, and yes technology fads. Tech communications developments well let's see starting about 1840 telegraph newsprint in 1850 makes newspapers a reality telephone (initially rejected by Western Union by the way) radio television media, cylinder used by Edison, phonograph record, reel…

Wed March 30, 2011 We will post out Tuesday update tomorrow; it is long term view using one stock of where this market really is in terms of recovery. Stay tuned for that. In the mean time from the news today In India Doubts Gather Ovewr Rising Giant's Course, WSJ 3/30/2011 Page A1 In recent…

Monday March 28, 2011 David E. Davis is probably not a name most of you would recognize. This is regrettable as he loomed large as the premier automotive journalist  ever since I started reading about automobiles about 1962. Great writers can write on any topic as the byline linked so mentions. But he chose to write…

Friday March 18, 2011 No not the one in the 1980s about the Huxtables, the short lived two season Bill Cosby Show from 1969-70  which followed Cosby's success on I Spy. Interestingly the co creator of this show would help fashion the latter Hustables show in 1984. By that time the bear market had ended and…

friday Feb 18   I believe we will have room 241 in the admin building at gillette blvd at 9 AM Sat Morning Feb 19. See you there!

Monday Jan 31 2011 Once again, CPS Energy is opening its doors to our students for a one day Job Shadowing event. Right now the tentative date is set for late February or early March.   Depending on student interest, the date will be set.   Please note that CPS requires 2 weeks to conduct…

Thursday Jan 27 2011 Goldman Sachs made most of its money recently trading in 'derivatives.' We will study derivatives in Intermed II this semester. We study derivatives so that you can read an article like this hyper link and understand it.