https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/458141Now with gas prices approaching $3.00 a gallon, I thought I would update you on my purchase in the oil sector. It has been one-year sense I bought an oil stock. Currently I have made just over 9% on my investment. Now with summer approaching this will only give me more security due to the higher...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/445765I had to write about one of the worst days I have experienced in the stock market. The Dow Jones dropped 416 points today. There was one point where it was down 550 points. My portfolio lost $2600.00 in value. The ironic thing is I just told my brother yesterday that I did not believe the bulls...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/440398I have been investing in the stock market since 1972. I have learned a few things over the years. I will never invest in an airline stock. I bought one back in the 80’s and lost my shirt. I suffered through this stocks bankruptcy, and even a white knight that came in and bought its assets. In the...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/427106Your child’s piggy bank, or that Mason jar of loose change has caught eye of the United States Mint. The U.S. Mint is prohibiting the melting down of 1-cent and 5-cent coins. In an article by Martin Crutsinger of the Associated Press the U.S. Mint is forced to do this because of the rising cost...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/425834The stock market has been very good to me this year. If there is no end of the year collapse my portfolio made me some Mad Money. My retirement 401 rollover account, which I have no control, is up $25000 from the start of this year. I’m no Ben Bernanke or Warren Buffett, but I spend great deal of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/412778The market closed today at 11867.19. This is the fourth record high in the last two weeks. Earnings season begins this week, and we will have to see if the bulls are tired. My portfolio is doing well, but I have to admit that luck has a lot to do with it. This week the U.S. Justice Department’s...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/368289This past week I decided to cut my frustration at the gas pump and join the winning team. Yes Cypress has purchased an oil stock. I want everybody now to curse my name when you are paying $3.00 plus a gallon. Now you have someone else besides OPEC, IRAN, CHINA, REPUBLICANS, and even KATRINA, to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Cypress/359753Let me preference first of all, I’m not a financial planner. I was able to retire at 57 because I disciplined myself to save. When I started in the early 70’s there were no 401 or 457 plans, or Traditional and Roth Ira’s. I started investing $25.00 a month in a mutual fund. I considered this safe...