We're going to Rome today to celebrate our wedding anniversary and plan to be back next Thursday. See you then.

The coil scanner picked up BAC. Bank of America recently hit an all-time high of $44.99 and now it's pausing. It also currently pays a dividend of $1.80 a year. (There have to be lots of happy long-time shareholders.)

BAC, 30-min. Chart

It's useful to review the course of interest rates over the last 20 years or so. Think about your financial life in relation to the dates that I've pinpointed... when did you take out your mortgage, or refinance, or buy that new car? When did you allocate money to bonds or buy that long-term CD? Timing is everything.

Ten-Year Treasury Note Yield, Quarterly Chart

Our dirty secret, by David Baines. (An interesting piece about the lowlife scammers operating mainly out of Vancouver.)

-- via Stingy Investor --

You can find yesterday's Unusual Suspects on the Unusual Suspects page. (TZOO makes the list for the umpteenth consecutive day -- it has jumped over 60% this month.)