The Ukraine – What’s Really Going On?
You will never read this in the newspapers or see it on television but it certainly affects all of us and the financial markets as well. There are always bogeymen in the world. In the last century, it was Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Tse-Tung of china. There’s always...
There are 8 economists in the United States who decide if America is in a recession
ValueStockPlayers.com Sitting Around the Table July 29, 2022 Dow Jones 32508 S&P 500 4098 NASDAQ 12896 Oil $96 Gold $1777 There are 8 economists in the United States who decide if America is in a...
Disappointing quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley also offer more bad news for the economy
ValueStockPlayers.com Sitting Around the Table July 15, 2022 Dow Jones 30670 S&P 500 3804 NASDAQ 11839 Oil $96.30 Gold $1736 Here’s the Action Right Now Disappointing quarterly results from...
What I learned from Milton Friedman…….
ValueStockPlayers.com A Valuable Piece of Advice What I learned from Milton Friedman……. Several decades ago, I would take seminars everywhere in the world. If the topic was interesting and it gave me a chance sit with the smartest minds in the world on that topic, I...
Let’s Explain Oil Prices so we all understand
ValueStockPlayers.com Opinion Let’s Explain Oil Prices so we all understand It’s fascinating, the amount of erroneous information that is circulated out in the real world that just isn’t true. Whether it’s Senators, Congressmen, or even Presidents of the United States...
Gun Control: Do you want to fix the BLAME or Solve the PROBLEM
Value Stock Players.com May 27, 2022 Opinion Gun Control: Do you want to fix the BLAME or Solve the PROBLEM We don’t believe in the good old days. That is just a bunch of sentimental nonsense. These are the best days in history to be alive. In the 1950s almost 50,000...
Russia – there’s nothing there, and as for China the Emperor has no clothes
Value Stock Players.com Commentary May 26, 2022 Russia – there’s nothing there, and as for China the Emperor has no clothes Wow, what a difference a few months can make. President Biden a few days ago while visiting Asia stated that the United States would defend...
It Doesn’t Mean anything if you don’t Sell
ValueStockPlayers.com Sitting Around the Table May 12, 2022 Dow Jones 31,807 S&P 500 3941 NASDAQ 12017 Oil $104 Gold $1852 It Doesn’t Mean anything if you don’t Sell If you want to make a...
When Will the Ukraine War End and How
The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than two months now. This is a very short period of time as wars and battles go, however it is much longer than Russia had intended to last. They thought it would be a lightning strike, the capital would be...
We think Elon Musk will Re-Negotiate the Twitter Deal making Twitter a Short
ValueStockPlayers.com Sitting Around the Table May 11, 2022 Dow Jones 32152 S&P 500 4012 NASDAQ 12447 Oil $101 Gold $1836 We think Elon Musk will Re-Negotiate the Twitter Deal making a Short We...
Is there a Role for Nuclear Power in the Ukraine? April 13, 2022
April 13, 2022 Is there a Role for Nuclear Power in Ukraine? First, let’s deal with Russia’s losses as of today in the war in Ukraine. This is what we are looking at and we think the numbers are reliable. Russian Troops 19,500 Dead Russians Injured 20,000 probably...
Ukraine – What Putin Wants!
ValueStockPlayers.com Ukraine - What Putin Wants! The defining moment(s) of Vladimir Putin’s upbringing and education is whatever his parents told him about the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union which took place in June 1941. This was about 6 months before the...
Ukraine – Putin never saw it coming
ValueStockPlayers.com Ukraine – Putin never saw it coming You are Vladimir Putin. You are the dictatorial leader of a country with 30,000 nuclear weapons. You have a personal net worth of $200 billion dollars. You are the richest man in the world because you have...
Pain at the Pump
Value Stock PlayersSitting Around the TableDJIA: -2.37% to 32,817.38S&P 500: -2.95% to 4,201.09Nasdaq: -3.62% to 12,830.96Pain at the Pump Pain at the Pump. Fossil-fuel prices continue to soar, and investors are concerned about how that will be felt in consumers'...
Interesting Cross Roads Oil & Gas
Value Stock Players.comSitting Around the TableMarch 8, 2022DJIA 32,793S&P 500 4,191NASDAQ 13,333Crude Oil $126Gold $2,062Interesting Cross Roads Oil & Gas Everything you read about oil and gas and international events is just plain wrong. At the same time, it can...
Want to Buy a New Car – Not at these prices April 12, 2022
April 12, 2022 Want to Buy a New Car – Not at these prices The Covid 19 Pandemic has unleashed a number of events and behaviors different than just people getting sick. Without question, it has disrupted the supply chains of the world’s interconnected economies to...
Putin is Putin and a Snake is a Snake April 11, 2022
April 11, 2022 Putin is Putin and a Snake is a Snake They say a leopard can’t change its spots, and Santayana, the 19th century Harvard historian and philosopher said, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Both of the above is true. How did we...
Ukraine – What this war is Costing Russia
ValueStockPlayers.com April 2, 2022 Ukraine – What this war is Costing Russia You are Vladimir Putin. You are the dictatorial leader of a country with 30,000 nuclear weapons. You have a personal net worth of $200 billion Vladimir, wars cost money, let me tell you. On...
The truth about gas prices and oil production
Value Stock Players.com Sitting Around the Table March 16, 2022 DJIA 33,544 S&P 500 4,262 NASDAQ 12,948 Crude Oil $96.97 Gold $1,958 The truth about gas prices and oil production A pump jack operates just outside of Midland, Tex....
Pain at the Pump
DJIA: -2.95% to 32,817.38 S&P 500: -2.95% to 4,201.09 S&P 500: -3.62% to 12,830.96 Pain at the Pump Pain at the Pump. Fossil-fuel prices continue to soar, and investors are concerned about how that will be felt in consumers' wallets amid already sky-high...
Interesting Cross Roads Oil & Gas
March 8, 2022 DJIA 32,793 S&P 500 4,191 NASDAQ 13,333 Crude Oil $126 Gold $2,062 Interesting Cross Roads Oil & Gas Everything you read about oil and gas and international events is just plain wrong. At the same time, it can take quite a while before the...
Putin – Have you lost your mind or did you just miss-calculate?
March 3, 2022 DJIA 33,479 S&P 500 4,363 NASDAQ 13,537 Crude Oil $109 Gold $1,940 Putin – Have you lost your mind or did you just miss-calculate? The situation in Ukraine has become a major dominating factor in the world’s financial markets. War has that...