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A Little Monday Morning Motivation
Wow, how time flies!   via someecards.com   The 1st Quarter of the year is almost in the books.  How are things going? Spring is an excellent reminder that I was supposed to get in shape before spring.
Here Are Links for Your Weekend Reading
Energy Policy and Green Energy have been in the news recently.  Here is a cartoon poking fun at the situation.  It's called "Feeding the Federal Furnace." Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: The Five Stages of Strategic Grief. (HBR) Reid Hoffman's 10 Rules for
A Quick Look at S&P 500 and It's Likely Next Move
The S&P 500 Index had its biggest weekly drop of the year last week, with a less-than-whopping fall of 0.50%.  Yep, half a percent. Moreover, it was only the second week of the year out of twelve in which the index posted a decline.  Results like that make traders fat, dumb and happy. With a
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
      Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Information Avalanche. More Info Doesn’t Always Lead to Better Understanding. (HBR) 'Personal Cloud' to Replace PC by 2014, Says Gartner. (Wired) The Social Credit Card. AmEx Syncs With Twitter To Turn #Hashtags Into Savings (FC)
Something Is Always Working - The Trick is Finding It While It's Working.
The S&P 500 Index is entering a seasonally bullish period.  The chart below shows the predicted turning points based on the past five years of historical data.      Something potentially different this year is that the S&P 500 Index has performed pretty well year-to-date.  In fact, it is up 12.17% so far … and
At the End of Pain, You'll Often Find Success
Do you know why you find your keys in the last place you look?  It is because it doesn't make sense to keep looking for them after you find them.   Ultimately, the key is to focus on the goal (not how you got to where you are), and to keep moving forward.