Tangents...

Here’s a great article by a computer science prof at Ole Miss; trust me, sometimes it’s best to learn about a complicated topic from someone who’s not an expert…but clearly has a brain: [|Depressions, Recessions, and Bears, oh my...] Here’s a grossly simplified explanation of what a stock is and what the difference is between the Dow and the S&P. It’s a powerpoint, but you can breeze through the slides fairly quickly: [|Timing the Market Power Point]
 * __ Depression? Recession? Why are we in this mess? __**
 * __ The Dow…The S&P (is that as interesting as “A&P?”) __**

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