Tune of The Times

"I am going out on a limb here as I am not a professional investor nor do I have any educational background relating to stock markets. These opinions are solely based on my experience as an individual investor (Stocks only, no shorts, nor funky investments) dealing with relatively small amounts of money. Correct me, if you think I am wrong, by leaving your comments" Most people in the financial industry religiously believe in the efficient market hypotheses and the fairness of the market based on available information. This myth is the basis for millions of individual investors' investments. Most individual investors who actively trade using online brokerages such as ETrade or Scotttrade are under the impression that the market is rational by nature and acts rationally to any new information.

I have this sense that Google is running out of gas.. No, I don't mean money because I think google is flush with cash and will be, at least in the near future. I mean it from a strategic sense. A few of Google's apparent missteps or misadventures are starting to bother me..

Over the last couple of days, we had around 10-12 inches of snow which I had to shovel. And our driveway is around 40 yards by 10 yards. I had to shovel almost 8 inches a week back. So obviously, I just have

Couple of weeks back, Google did what even the world's powerful governments don't have the balls to do. They stood up to the Great Wall of China. And to say that Google did not have a big enough presence in China is complete BS - companies with much smaller amounts to lose in China do not dare to do so. So this is a call to action to all American companies doing business in China and other countries with authoritarian regimes.

Apple tablet anyone? How about a MS/HP Tablet? Déjà vu ???? The tablet rumor mills are turning and pundits are trying to predict if the devices will succeed or fall flat like last time - for starters read this .

I was reading a blog post by Kevin Kelly recently - The triumph of the default . It's a very interesting read about how Defaults are a big and important part of our everyday lives. Be it new products, the web, using a car we are always leveraging Defaults to simplify our life. Without Defaults we would be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices a system presents. Defaults give us the ability to use something effectively while learning to gain the flexibility the product promises. This thought brought me to a related concept that is a constant in this age of short attention spans, blogs and shiny gadgets - The Honeymoon Period.

I have, like most of you, been watching the whole health care reform drama unfold right in front of us.. Be it Sarah Palin's famous 'death panel' pronouncement or Paul Krugman's insistence that the public option will save us all, it has been entertaining and frightening at the same time. Entertaining for the passion displayed by both Democrats \GOP and frightening for the lack of direction even when confronted with one of the biggest challenges this country has ever faced.