Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Bsi 2,085.73 -6.19 -.3%

Former NBA player Derrick Coleman declaring for bankruptcy strikes us as sad because his is becoming the typical story of a professional basketball player after his prime -- some one who gives a tremendous amount of time and money to worthy causes, overshadowed by poor financial decisions and a costly lifestyle.

BUY

Terry Crews

Does it surprise anyone that Tim and Eric are behind this?

SELL

Death at a Funeral

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Bsi 2,089.28 -8.34 -.4%

The Republican establishment raps Michael Steele on the knuckles for talking policy as a reminder just in case was starting to think he was the head of the GOP.

BUY

Good Hair

Comedy

SELL

The Good Hair Lawsuit

Sorry, but just because you made a short documentary about issues around black hair doesn't mean you own the subject.  Plus, this is Hollywood where the laws of the land are an idea is only as strong as its execution and big fish eat little fish.

Drama

Friday, May 22, 2009

Bsi 2,054.88 -16.37 -.79%

Minority dealerships hit hard by the GM and Chrysler closings, minority homeowners stung by the housing crisis... something tells me this financial crisis is really not so good for black folk.

WINNERS

Barack Obama (BHO)  282.48 +11.39 +4.03%

President Obama's speech on torture and national security, when juxtaposed against former Vice President Cheney's, clearly illustrates why our Commander in Chief ain't the one to mess with.

You better get that weak shit out of here, Dick.  Don't make me have to spank you again.

LOSERS

Black TV Shows (BTV) 2.32 -.71 -23.43%

On the CW, the bastard child of former African-American programming stalwarts UPN and the WB, there are now more shows with vampire leads than black.  Not necessarily anything to lament when you consider the quality of the shows that have disappeared, but certainly something to think about.

Where did you go UPN? WB?

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Bsi 1,990.96 +2.15 +.11%

A slow news day leads to negligible gains.

BUY

Son House

Sheer poetry...

SELL

The Wealth Gap

It seems the past four years have seen African-American families fall further back behind white families when it comes to wealth.  A recent study shows that for every dollar of wealth the average white family has, the average black family has a dime.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Bsi 1,999.05 -3.41 -.17%

First D.L. and now D.A.G.  After the cancelation of "Chocolate News" it's safe to say it's the worst of times for black fake news show hosts.

Analysts here believe the problem lied not in the concepts, but rather the execution.  Maybe Hughley and Grier weren't quite ready to take up where Chappelle left off.  We just hope that this doesn't signal the moving of black themed shows back to television ghettos.

Maybe it would have succeeded at 4:40 in the morning.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Bsi 1,891.98 +80 +4.23%

Dr. King would have turned 80 yesterday and on Tuesday the nation will inaugurate its first African-American president.

Hardly seems like a coincidence.

WINNERS

Chocolate City 17.49 +3.57 +20.41%

The last time CC made the news was down in New Orleans, post-Katrina.

Now, though, the original Chocolate City is preparing to host as many as two million people who are in town for the inauguration.  Now if we can just do something about that whole, taxation without representation thing.

LOSERS

The Black President Comedy Bit .27 -6.94 -96.26%

A long-time staple of black comics everywhere.  RIP.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Bsi 1,811.98 -5.75 -.32%

Analysts here believe the Los Angeles Police Department chose a poor time to dismiss a report denying racial bias in its policing.  Particularly in light of the Oscar Grant case in Oakland.

There are a lot of black or Hispanic bad guys, analysts here aren't naive.

A cheap joke, I know... but it's early.

But we're not talking about inconvienent Driving While Black traffic stops here...

When innocent, unarmed men from New York to Long Beach get beaten or killed it's nearly always someone of color.  If that isn't some sort of profiling... we don't know what is.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Bsi 1,372.93 -19.74 -1.42

President Bill Clinton and his less than convincing appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman Monday night is being blamed for the day's losses.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Bsi 1,453.76 +13.51 +.93%

Another day of gains as analysts see the GOP post-convention bounce all but disappear.

Gerard Phelan... Sarah Palin... close enough.  Bombs away.

WINNERS

The Existence of White Privilege (EWP) 17.82 +3.16 +17.73

EWP sees its biggest gains since the election of George W. Bush in 2000 after professional contrarian John Stossel sparked an Internet meme.

Of course Stossel, in over six hundred words, missed a critical point Chris Rock was able to make in just a paragraph.

"But let's keep it fucking real, OK?  A black C student can't run no fucking company.  A black C student can't even be the manager of Burger King.  Meanwhile, a white C student just happens to be president of the United States of America!"

LOSERS

Josh Howard  (JH5) 9.28 -3.31 -26.35%

Howard's indifference to the national anthem has been all over the Internet this week (and both he and his owner, Mark Cuban, have had to endure the disproportionate and sometimes ugly outrage).  But the bad news for the NBA star inadvertently helped boost the stock of our weekly winner by drawing into juxtaposition the reactions between black words and white actions.

Black basketball player doesn't honor the national anthem = Traitor

White Vice Presidential candidate and husband associate with successionist movement = Misunderstood.

BET  (BET) 21.47 -7.82 -26.7%

It's been a bad couple of weeks for Black Entertainment Television.  First Reginald Hudlin, brought in to bring the network up to the standard of its cable television competition, leaves with his mission unfulfilled.  Then it premieres the first scripted show in the network's three decade history to little fanfare (the ambitious Somebodies.  A show with potential, but missing a professional touch).  Then, this week, their news department gives R. Kelly -- child molester -- a hero's welcome in a magazine piece.

I'm sorry, did you just say 'Ali'?  As in, Muhammad Ali?

The network could stand to take their own advice and say to itself, 'We got to do Better."

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Bsi 1,383.71 -22.58 -1.61%

Another down day as history repeats itself as farce in Las Vegas.

Not this guy again...

Black people too happy. White people too mad.