tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-198670852012-02-16T12:16:26.714-07:00The market wisdom of a mythical investment guru named Homer --an opinionated contrarian that is irreverent, controversial, and almost always right.Robert Cox - Editornoreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19867085.post-47160212435953927082009-01-02T15:42:00.004-07:002009-01-02T15:57:20.549-07:00

Kid: Where have you been Homer?Homer: Why?Kid: Are you kidding, all hell broke lose this past year and it’s the year you decide to take off! I’ve lost my shirt. My equity is down 50%; I’m selling into free falls. Everyone from the President to the new guy is telling me not to worry – just hold on, things will be better AND, they keep getting worse. I’ve tried to write a new mortgage on my house

Robert Cox - Editornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19867085.post-73425835460614991002007-01-17T15:46:00.000-07:002007-01-17T22:20:43.626-07:00

Dear Homer, Hope this finds you well. I was struck by the ongoing ups and downs in gas prices and wondering when we were going to get out of these price gyrations. I know, you'd probably say "never". But a guy like me is scared to death to invest in oil stocks. I just think it is plain unAmerican, particularly with all that's going on in the Middle East. Hi Kid, Hope you are enjoying the leisure

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Dateline: December 10, 2006Homer Comments on Paying for Market AdviseKid: Hi HomerHomer: Hi Kid, where ya' going.Kid: We're moving to a place called "The Villages".Homer: That's in Central Florida, right?Kid: Right.Homer: I'm going to miss you even though you never followed my advise.Kid: what are you going to do.Homer: Write a BLOG. I think somebody out there might pay attention, save themselves

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Dateline: August 30, 2006Kid: Hi Homer!Homer: Hi Kid.Kid: Homer, I hear Billionaires like Donald Trump, Ross Perot and a whole lot of others have used a bankruptcy, or several for that matter to get ahead. How is that possible when Dick and Jane down the street filed bankruptcy and they ended up robbing motels, grocery stores and anything and anyone to get ahead because they could not borrow a

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Dateline: July 28, 2006KID: You gonna tell me what you promised me last time?Homer: Yep. Sit down and listen, I'm about to tell you about the Internet.KID: What in heavens name could you possibly know about the Internet.Homer: I spell it o p p o r t u n i ty! So pay attention I am only going to say this once.Whether you're an old timer or a newbie to the Internet, one thing stands out. There are

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Volume IV No.3Homer’s Hot Tip June 22, 2006Kid: Homer, where in the heck have you been?Homer: I've been on vacation.Kid: Where?Homer: Cape Cod but I got out of there before the tourists arrived. I like it in the Fall, Winter, and Spring. In the Summer, it is overrun with tourists and everything goes up. Not many businesses not doing well there. Hard for me to believe with all that prosperity they

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Volume IV No.2Homer’s Hot Tip March 6, 2006The Kid: Yo! Homer, wait up!Homer: What’s up Kid?The Kid: Where you going in such a hurry?Homer: To the post office, want to mail this off to a friend of mine in London. Don’t ask what it is.The Kid: What is it?Homer: (laughing) You are so predictable Kid, I can’t get over it. What it is amounts to what I think will happen in the US economy over the next

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Volume IV, No. 1Homer's Hot Tip February 5, 2006Kid: Homer, do you have any words of wisdom for 2006.Homer: For you Kid nothing works but maybe someone out there will take it to heart. There are some basic fundamentals everybody should know. I call them my TEN RULES of SMART INVESTING.Rule #1. Don't ever buy what someone tells you without first investigating it including TIPS from me.Rule #2. If

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Homer's Hot TipNovember 1, 2005 Kid: Homer, how are we doing on our investments?Homer: What investments?Kid: You know, that list you offered me at Christmas, and then we reviewed in May.Homer: Oh, you mean the list that I told you that YOU should accumulate for a Fail-Safe Investment Strategy?Kid: Yes sir, that’s the one.Homer: Do you remember what it means?Kid: Not exactly.Homer:

Robert Cox - Editornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19867085.post-1134581140756354362005-09-18T10:12:00.000-06:002005-12-14T10:30:14.420-07:00

Homer's Hot TipSeptember 18, 2005Kid: Homer! Wait up!Homer: HI Kid, what’s the rush, I’ll be back in an hour.Kid: I couldn’t wait to catch up to tell you I made a bundle on the Spooz Inc. stock SPZI (OTC). Remember, you told me about it when it was 2cents a share and when I bought it was 3cents a share. Well it’s 4cents a share and climbing. I made 50% on my money in a month.Homer: How much did

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Homer's Hot TipAugust 28, 2005Kid: My gosh Homer, where have you been? I haven't seen you anywhere, not in your yard, not at the broker's office, not even at the grocery story watching you talk yourself into a bag of Oreos. So where ya' been?Homer: Vacation.Kid: Vacation! No wonder. Do you have any idea what's been going on? Oil prices are going through the roof, interest rates are up and this

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