It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that if business conditions are deteriorating, then the economy must be weakening.

A few years back, I couldn’t believe that my father had finally bought a Garmin (NASDAQ:GRMN) GPS navigation system.

One of the most boring, yet profitable ways to make money in the market is buying and selling stocks that trade within a range.

This recession isn’t like anything we’ve seen previously. Even I’ve cut back on the egregious amount of fast food dining I do in the face of deflation.

Think back hard for a few seconds… to the days when the dollar was the most hated asset in the world. In those days, the dollar was joked about, the euro was rapped about, and everyone came to the conclusion that the buck was history.

Before I go into the Chart of the Day let me just say that even I have decided to cut my own spending. From spending ungodly amounts of money for breakfast sandwiches at Dunkin Donuts and McDonalds every morning, now I only spend a quarter as much at the Supermarket instead.

I hate Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) as much as the next Google-loving fan boy does. But that doesn’t mean that I won’t at least look for a way to make a quick buck off of them.

It still bewilders me just exactly how fast Google (GOOG) went from the “Yahoo Wanna-be” to the king of the search engine universe. When it comes to Google shares though, lately they’ve been down and out. But that doesn’t mean you can’t make money.

As a little boy, I used to marvel at the bright yellow Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) trucks in the middle of construction fields and think to myself “that’s freaking awesome!”.

Solar panels offer one of the most promising futures for electricity generation. And with future generations of panels, conversion rates will skyrocket while prices drop – allowing solar power to enter into the mainstream.