For me, I have spent more and more time trying to monitor the financial markets and the politicians actions. It’s like September 11 all over again, when I was glued to the television and internet.

Fortunately, the low fees of today make the decision to make a trade much easier.

Back in the bad old days, you used to have to call your broker, who wouldn’t be available immediately, and you would have to leave a message. Then you would get a call back the next day, letting you know the sale was executed.

Now I can monitor all of the market conditions very easily and make a much more educated decision than years ago.

However, there can be such a thing as too much information with online stock trading. Sometimes I’m just flummoxed by the tons of information. I get paralyzed as far as making a trade. The real time changes coming in change my mind from moment to moment.

For the moment, I have decided to hold most of my positions. I believe there will be some rallies. I’m not sure if there will be a “dead cat bounce” or a real bottom will reached and a true rally started.

The next couple of weeks will be interesting.

The Dow isn’t believing too much that the government has reached a solution.

Other financial institutions across the globe are having problems, too.

The central banks can’t seem to get a grip on the situation. They are torn between raising or lowering interest rates depending on what they think might occur.

A number of different countries are nationalizing these banks and institutions, so the world is shaping up to be very different than even a month ago.

Still, I’ll be watching the markets very closely, and trading when necessary to protect my earnings.

It’s really easy to understand how so many Green Bay bankruptcy law firms are flourishing – plants are closing, people are getting laid off and companies are collapsing. This is the worst that the economy has been since I’ve been alive. I never used to think that anything like this would have any effect on me; I figured that if I lost one job that I would just go out and get another one. I had absolutely no worries about it at all, but unfortunately, with things the way that they are now there is a lot of competition for the few jobs that are available and suddenly I’m not nearly the most qualified for any of the jobs out there. There are people with masters’ degrees applying for the same jobs that I’m applying for and all I’ve got is a GED. I really don’t know what I’m going to do, but if I don’t get a steady income in the very near future I’ll be the latest patron of one of those flourishing bankruptcy firms. Maybe while I’m in the law office for my free financial consultation I’ll ask for a job application, if they are so overloaded with work maybe they’ll throw a little bit of it my way.

One of my good friends from college, David, really went through some tough times with his family while we were at school. He had to deal with it on his own, away from his family, and I was there for him to help him. His parents were not really getting along, and a lot of it was because of his father’s very poor financial situation. His business had failed, and even had him looking into Brooklyn Chapter 7 bankruptcy. His mom was also pretty unhappy living in Brooklyn. She had been born and raised in Texas, and the New York lifestyle just was not for her. I really felt bad for David, but I also felt pretty bad for his younger brother Alex. He was only thirteen, and living at home. I would hate to be living at home in the middle of fighting parents, and it must have been really hard for him at that age to deal with it. David did not really seem to take it too hard, but I know that it did bother him. I never really brought the situation up, but I was always there to listen if he wanted to talk about it.