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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Notes From the Investment Underground

Before I go…

Jan 21st, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

This is it. With bittersweet emotions, we have come to the final edition of Notes from the Investment Underground. Although without the burdens of daily writing chores I will be free to pursue some exciting trading endeavors, I will most certainly miss having a captive audience for my research and opinions.



The great turnaround of 2010

Jan 20th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Today is a huge day for this country. Not only did the GOP take back a pivotal seat, but the markets are reacting fiercely and appropriately to a horde of economic data. The possibilities from here are unlimited.



Is Obama a closet capitalist?

Jan 19th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

It’s a huge day in the nation’s history. As with a couple of other great revolutions, America’s latest smack to the face of an overpowering government comes from Massachusetts.



What about tomorrow?

Jan 18th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

The world remains shocked over the tragic events unfolding in Haiti. While every life saved is worth celebrating, for every success story, there are tens, if not hundreds, of tales with horrific endings. A country that many thought could get no poorer was dealt a knockout blow.



Don’t get fleeced with the rest of them

Jan 15th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Some stories just have to be repeated. Like the one from Sweden that tells of a collapsing floor during a Weight Watchers weigh-in. As twenty or so dieters filled the room to measure the fruits of their effort, the floor beneath them rumbled then failed.

Priceless irony.



What’s more important than making money?

Jan 14th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

There is a time for making money and there is a time for giving money. Now is the time to reach into your heart and help your global neighbors.

As rumors of a death toll in Haiti that could stretch into the hundreds of thousands slowly become reality, we need to spend a moment or two wondering why we do what we do.



Fiscal fitness: America is too fat

Jan 13th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

What’s worse than having Wall Street kingpins like Bernanke and Geithner in charge of America’s economic future? China taking the reins, that’s what.

While Washington’s all-powerful ego may have our leaders believe they still control our fiscal fate, they lost that power long ago. Now, the Fed and the Treasury may dictate who gets what, but China decides how much and when.



What not to do for economic success

Jan 12th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Baltimore — The radio is a fantastic mirror of the economy. Advertisements, radio personalities and even the tunes themselves, do a fine job of illustrating the highs and lows of a region’s fiscal situation.



Ignorance is expensive

Jan 11th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Baltimore — It is too late to debate. A debt-fueled crash is imminent.

I made a promise to my wife late last fall. Once the holidays were over and she was well on her way to recovery after a recent surgery, we would hit the local furniture stores and redecorate our living room.



The Biggest Financial Deception of the Decade

Jan 7th, 2010 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Baltimore — I admit that I probably spend more time discussing the realm of politics than I should in a contrarian investing newsletter. But in my defense, politics play a larger role in our personal wealth now than they ever have before.

But while I so stubbornly poke holes in the political machine in Washington, I must avoid being hypocritical. If I shame our legislators for disregarding the democratic keystone principals of checks and balances, I must be careful to avoid the same pitfalls.