Son of famed economist Herb Stein, Ben writes on the markets and established himself as the droll school person in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He has appeared in numerous tv ads and several movies. He reflects on losing money in this article. He asserts that one should be more of a favorite stock if it…

Toyota stock dropped 10% in Japan as it announced lower forecasts.  All models are affected particularly luxury  Lexus and of course our  own Tundra pickup to be made in San Antonio. As you read the article note how surprised Toyota is at all this.  Clearly their analysts failed to see the slowdown coming. Last night in…

I look for the new Congress to rescue GM, if we can rescue AIG that enriched themselves, at least GM and Ford have not done that, and it would be a lot less money. Jerry Flint comments.

China is more predicated on selling to the west than perhaps gearing up to solve its own problems, the showcase of the Olympics being a good case in point, how many jobs will those stadiums create now? Click to read the story.

Auto sales in October fell to the lowest per capita levels since after the end of WW II. It was understandable then, there were not any cars to buy, this is hardly the case now.BMW has shelved its prediction to start all over, read the link to see how companies are reacting. The stock market is…

For some reason typepad is not alowing me to post answers to your comments. So, ket ne abswer one student  in this space. One student remarked that she felt great not negative, what was I talking about with all this negative stuff. Well the negative emotions have driven stock prices down and resulted in candidates…

Click here to learn more about the student event planned for Friday evening 6-8 Nov 7. I would like as many of you as can to attend. It will be held at the SA CPA chapter headquarters Alamo Towers West901 NE Loop 410, Ste. 420San Antonio, TX 78209 info@saCPAsociety.com This is the twin towers building…

Prof Tom sowelltakes a look at the taxing plans of Barack.  As he says this has been tried in many countries, it never works. England was just about reduced to Belgium before Lady  Thatcher took over. France and Germany are legends in their own minds, certainly not in their economic importance as unemployment in both…

I have written about socionomics, the idea taht popular mood influences what happens in our lives. This manic depressive cycle is most prominentlty displayed in the stock market. People buy when they are happy and sell when they are unhappy. I have been unable to post responses to your comments for some reason, a glitch…

Ben Stein is always worth a read, check it out.