US Dollar is strong

US Dollar is getting stronger as compared to other foreign currencies. I believe that this trend will keep on going for a while till Europe's position is cleared. Once that happens then US Dollar will depreciate a bit, but still keep strong as world has a belief in USD. This is good and bad. Good in the sense that people have more confidence in USD and more and more investment will be done in USD. Bad in the sense lesser US exports keeping a misbalance in Import and export. More imports and less exports is not good for economy.


What is your take on this issue?

Friendship

I got this in email and really liked it. Want to share with everyone:

Dear   Friend ....... 

  

HOW FRIENDSHIP BREAK ?  Both Friends Will Think The Other Is Busy  And Will Not Contact Thinking It May Be Disturbing  As Time Passes  Both Will Think Let The OTher Contact  After That each Will Think Why I Should Contact First ?  Here Your Love Will Be Converted To Hate  Finally Without Contact The Memory Becomes Weak  They Forget Each Other..  So Keep In Touch With All And Pass This TO All Your Friends...  .  I Don`t Want To Be One Of This Kind.  So Here I Am sending Mail To Every One  To Say  Dear Friend  I Am Fine Here  Please keep in touch with me

                                        "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them"

Why do we have to wait long in emegency at hospitals?

Your view?

Legal insurance plan thru employer?

Many employer provide legal insurance plan and that is worth taking with a small monthly or biweekly fee they cover a lot. You may want to check to the dates legal plan is covered. The catch most of the time is that this legal plan is set to auto renewal every year. So in case you do not want to carry on with that legal plan that will keep on renewing every year.
My view is to enroll into legal insurance plan at least once and  utilize it to full at the earliest and then cancel it before next open enrollment if you do not want to continue. Normally legal plan covers Will and if you do not have one then just preparing WILL will pay for your legal insurance plan itself. Other features are a bonus if you use them.
You get to try what you use in a year. If you do not like legal insurance plan thru your employer, make sure to cancel that during next open enrollment.
Have you tried legal insurance plan and what is your opinion on this?

Time to Buy Oil stocks

With BP's problem in Gulf coast not getting resolved, I would think that it is time to buy oil stock or ETF. Reason is problems never linger for ever. BP will overcome Gulf problem if not today then tomorrow. Once that happens BP's stock will shoot up. Also with the loss of oil that BP had in Gulf coast there are chances that new oil drilling will not be starting any soon.

So unless any special alternate energy resource comes in our dependency on oil will remain and with less drilling OIL will go up.

What are your views on buying oil stocks or ETF?