MO in UK Means ‘Mo Money’ Per Pack

So the UK is raising their duty on all vices and the one that really concerns me is on cigarettes…not because I am an advocate of them, but because I own MO. But does the increase in duty really amount to anything? Eleven pence (for my US friends, pence is like cents) per pack of [...]

Bernanke Fed Creature of Habit

There are really no surprises out of this Federal Reserve. Not that they don’t make surprise moves, which they do, but it’s how and when they do them that are becoming more and more of little surprise. It seems that at precisely 8:20 am EDT is when the Fed will announce something the market is [...]

Quadruple Witching Thursday

I’ve written how the market will be operating under a shortened week (Good Friday Holiday) next week. However, I failed to mention that it is also Quadruple Witching day. This is the day when stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock options all expire on the same day. The reason it [...]

Sushi and Saki Bombs

Last night we went to Kona which is a sushi bar in Northpark Mall in Dallas after Bruce, Brooke, and Liz got off of work. We had a great time. Sushi happy hour was in full-force with $3 spicy tuna rolls. Yum! Bruce and Brooke each had a saki bomb. I had the usual…gin and [...]

Anybody Got A Shovel and a Hose?

My family has some land in Oklahoma and we have it leased out to an exploration company. The problem is…that was 5 years ago. Still no hole in the ground. Apparently, there are holes in all the neighbors land, but nothing in ours. Do we have anything under the surface? With Nat Gas at $10 [...]

In the Big ‘D’

I have arrived safely in Dallas. The Garmin GPS was so worth the money. I just picked up a Flickr account and have uploaded some most recent photos. I hope everyone likes. I will do my best to update them daily, but don’t hold me to it.
Liz works in this amazingly lavish mall. The architecture [...]