Friday, July 25, 2008

Bsi 1,165.52 +22.48 +1.92%

A see-saw week ends on an up-note lifted in part by a favorable political climate overseas.

WINNERS

Blacks in Berlin  (BIB) 41.74 +12.84 +30.76%

Barrack Obama's political stop the latest in a trend started by Stew and continued in author Paul Beatty's new tome "Slumberland".

LOSERS

Usher  (USR) 76.06 -18.08 -19.2%

It's not a good week when retired animatronic puppets from Showtime Pizza parlor make a more interesting music video for your single than you do.

In all fairness... this is kind of hard to beat

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Bsi 1,143.04 -10.18 -.88%

A slight downtick brought in large part from CNN and their "Black in America" series, a program where black academics will explain what it's like to be "black in America" to a studio and television audience comprised almost exclusively of black Americans.

The programs strong overnight ratings could lead to a trend.  One which most analysts believe will do little to improve race relations -- particularly if certain parties get involved.

God help us!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Bsi 1,153.22 -12.36 -1.06%

The dog days of summer have slowed volume to a crawl, with unrest in the WNBA being the only mover of note.

It will be interesting to see how the market reacts in the coming days, but if the past is any indication, the Sparks/Shock incident will more likely be compared to this...

Oh Shit!

Rather than this...

Family Entertainment!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Bsi 1,165.58 +35.22 +3.02%

Analysts are feeling bullish after Hip Hop (HHDS) led the way to another day of solid gains.

BUY

The Cool Kids

Bringin' '88 back?

NYOil

Taking up P.E.'s mantle?

SELL

Rick Ross

"I'm So Hood!"

The news that Ross spent time as a Florida corrections officer wouldn't have been damaging were it not for the lengths to which he went to deny the story and the backwards logic of the brand of hip-hop he pedals, which tends to view gainful, licit employment as a negative.  I can't imagine the street will react kindly.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Bsi 1,130.36 +31.82 +2.81%

The Bsi ends the day in positive territory on the strength of foreign indexes as gains in southern Africa buoy markets across the diaspora.

Schones geburtstag Herr Mandela