http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog The Internet's Best Resources for Making Money with Your Expertise Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:45:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is a real tug of war going on right now: the battle for the market bottom.  Much prevailing wisdom saying there is a lot of support for the S&P 500 at around the 800 mark. The market is cris-crossing back and forth over it right now.  If we can stay ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/markets-and-money/the-fight-at-the-bottom-sp-800.html I wanna keep this light but ... it's kinda tough when there is so much non-growth oriented (see, I avoided saying 'negative') news on the economy. I have been looking for a bounce in the stock market, maybe back to 1000-1050 in the S&P500 index.  It is looking like a tough ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/investing/real-estate-investing/sp-500-will-the-market-continue-down.html How much is a trillion anyway? Pretty tough to get your head around just how big a number that is.  I heard a great visual analogy the other day (someone had attributed it to Ronald Reagan). If you have $1M in the form of a stack of $1000 bills, it ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/markets-and-money/how-much-is-a-trillion.html There was a lot of chatter yesterday - and a recurring subtitle on network TV - about the costs of the Obama inauguration being estimated at $150M to 170M.  Of course in this time of economic challenge this is looked upon as unsavory and gives the Obama naysayers something to ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/markets-and-money/the-reality-of-inauguration-costs.html I just read a great blog entry at Moolanomy about commodities.  Commodities have been creamed liked everything else in this latest stock market cliff jumping exercise and everyone should have a) some education about what they are b) a bit of them in their investment portfolio. As you no doubt know ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/investing/commodities-today.html I went to see Stomp! with my family in Sacramento a couple of nights ago. One of those 'we are not having enough fun in our lives' moments where we went online and got 5th row seat 6 hours before show time. Fantastic show (if you dont know what Stomp! ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/small-business/stomp-this-a-business-model-with-style.html For most of December the stock market has not done much - drifting around in a specific range on the Dow and S&P indexes on low volume. After the nightmarish volatility of October and November, things have calmed down with the volatility in the market actually shrinking. The S&P ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/investing/early-2009-stock-market-prediction.html Anyone that has read much of this blog knows that I am on the warpath about the overall fiscal irresponsibility demonstrated by the United Socialist States of America (used to be USA).  From the damn-the deficit-and-print trillions Federal Reserve to the cash-out-refi-something-for-nothing home owners (interesting and rather inaccurate term ... ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/investing/financial-literacy-for-kids.html It appears that the stock market is basing for a nice upturn.  If we bounce off of the current downtrendline at about 855 on the S&P500, we should see a nice rally into 2009, maybe even up to the 200 day moving average ... something we are a ways away ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/investing/market-perspective-12-12-08.html I have finally - after much searching and researching - found a network marketing opportunity that not only is an excellent business opportunity, not only a great product but a company run by authentic individuals with world class integrity. Trust me .... they are not all like that.  Even if they ... http://www.integratedwealthresources.com/blog/business-opportunities/the-hottest-ticket-in-health-and-wealth-moxxor.html