Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
If 40 Million People Can’t Afford Health Care
If 40 million people can’t afford health care then how will the government be able to afford it? This past weekend, the cable talking heads were discussing America’s health care crisis. I don’t disagree one bit with the issue: health care costs have spiraled out of control and there is another looming crisis coming soon. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Rants by RichSlick
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Why Get Rich Slick is Ad-Free
I’ve been receiving e-mails from people wanting to sell ads on my site and others solicit me with the claim to have the ability to increase traffic to my site. I’m not interested in increasing traffic or serving ads on my site for a few reasons. First, I’ve noted that PF bloggers that do have [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Raves by RichSlick
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Raked in $1500 This Week
Not a bad week as I raked in $1500 this week. My OIH had been a dry well for a few months but it looks like it’s on its way to recovery as energy demand is red hot! I sold 2 May contracts to rake in $1100 in my arbitrage account. In my mini account, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in MMO,Money Trades by RichSlick
Friday, April 4th, 2008
No One’s Flying To Europe This Summer, Weak Dollar
I’ve spoken with a few people who’ve told me virtually the same thing about their vacation plans for the summer: No Europe! Why? The Euro is clobbering the USD and even if there is a rally in the USD, I doubt it will be significant enough to make a difference for most of my associates. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Money Management by RichSlick
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Caring For Your Parents; $250,000 Per Year
PBS had a two hour show on taking care of elderly parents entitled Caring For Your Parents last night. The show featured different families in different scenarios all of which are having to take care of their elderly parents. Some interesting things from the show I gathered were: 1. It costs about $250,000/year to take [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Financial Safety,Watch Out by RichSlick
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
City Garbage Collection – The Effects of Subprime?
When we moved into our first home in 1998, the city trash pickup was scheduled for twice a week and heavy trash pickup every Friday. Over the years, the trash pickup schedule continued to change for the worse and I wonder if it’s a result of the sub prime mess and possibly tax revenue collection. [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in MMO by RichSlick
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I Expect The Market To Drop Significantly
Nasty rumors on Lehman and a few other juicy pieces of info-gossip lead me to believe the market will drop significantly in the next few weeks. Fortunately, my mini-account is currently in cash and I’m well positioned with DXD (double short Dow) to protect myself and profit from the coming slaughter but anything can happen… [...]