Editor’s Note: The mainstream media loves to talk about the possibility of another terrorist attack in the US, says Andy Carpenter of Investor’s Daily Edge, but it almost always misses the point. Instead of squabbling over which election candidate would benefit most, Andy says coverage should focus more on the economic impact. The threat of a terror attack has a significant influence on investment, and could destabilize the US economy further…

I know a guy in the financial newsletter business who sells his subscribers’ names to an oil investment boiler room for something in the neighborhood of $800 a name (and he’s not a very famous newsletter guy, so stop guessing).

So, do yourself a favor this weekend, take a moment to visit The Vietnam Memorial’s website at http://thewall-usa.com/index.asp. Take a moment to remember that no matter how you felt about that war, real humans … actual Americans paid the price. And, be they pacifists or swifties, don’t ever let anyone imply that service in Vietnam was anything but honorable duty.

Got an email from an old friend today who just returned from a trip to China. It was a trip on which a group of investors had face-to-face sessions with some Chinese companies I arranged for them to meet. Also on the trip was a guru from a newer publication that pretends it competes with my Asia Business & Investing newsletter.

Nothing in life is perfect. In fact, to write such a sentence means most of my life must be pretty darned all right. After a too long and too snowy winter, I am, today sitting on the back porch with laptop in lap. Yeah, the WIFI signal just barely makes it out to here… the G5 in my office is hardwired to the Internet so it’s blazingly faster.