Coud the Recession have been prevented?
by Jim Van Meerten | 11/02/09
This past weekend I watched a movie starring Ashton Kutcher called The Butterfly Effect. The main character finds that he can go back in time and by changing just one moment he can rewrite all the history from that point... continue
Down/up/down market
by Jim Van Meerten | 10/31/09
Every weekend on Financial Tides I try to give an objective summary of what happened in the stock market during the past week. This week we had a ying yang market but unfortunately there was more yang than ying so... continue
XLP - Consumer Staple ETF BUY
by Jim Van Meerten | 10/30/09
On Financial Tides sector ETF's pop up purely as a short term technical play. They are a way to take advantage of a sector that excels in the current market conditions. The Consumer Staples sector is presently that kind of... continue










