Monday's VUE 4/29/2013

Monday's VUE 4/29/2013

Good Morning to all... I hope you all have a wonderful Monday morning.  Our daffodils are blooming so nicely this spring.  We love daffodils as the deer don't bother them, and the flowers are sooo cheery.

I won't rehash Friday's trading.  It is what is was or something or another.  

The stock markets around the world are up.  Italy and the European Union are operating on hopium.  The hope Italy has solved its government.  It hopes France does not loose AAA credit rating.  It hopes the Spanish problem does not get worse.  It hopes the small countries (like Slovenia and Lichtenstein) do not have a run on banks. It hopes the Eurozone recession is over, as Germany shows improvement. Don't worry... Be happy.

Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425?print=true  

If this article turns out to be correct in most of its facts, the middle class of the USA and Europe is doomed.  Read it yourself, and decide.  

I won't write any more today.  According to Google statistics, the only ones that read this blog on a regular basis is my 2 acquaintances from Germany.  The three of us will soon publish a newsletter in Germany (they get to translate my work), and there will not be a need for this blog.

I've attempted to show the average reader how to think about the big picture -- the global economy - without becoming an economists.  Some readers have responded back that investing is all about common sense.  Of course, your common sense and anybody else's common sense is not the same thing as it applies to investing.  Why?  Because of emotions -- our emotional reactions to money are different in every one of us.

I wish every single reader the very best.  This will be the last blog entry I make for this blog.