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California’s economy is going from bad to worse. And even though we are just one state of the US, I have heard many comparisons of how big our economy truly is if we were an independent nation. We would rank somewhere between #7 to #10 in the world based on Gross Domestic Product. [...]

Earlier today, I checked my UpDown account before I went to work. I was actually down about $25,000 in my simulation account. After the Fed announced its decision to just hold steady, the market retreated and my ETF purchases erased all its losses and ended up just shy of $680 from where I started. [...]

I was never a big fan of KROQ music growing up, but after I met my wife I have discovered I like most of it. Here is a song she introduced me to that inspires me. Check it out.
Viva la vida by Coldplay

Last night, I decided to go from all cash on my UpDown.com simulation account to all stocks. I put the market orders in last night in 5 ETFs that bet against the market going up. So whenever the market goes up I lose money and when the market goes down I make money. [...]