I was invited to a friend's surprise birthday party this weekend. Had a great time. Good friends and good food. Can't ask for much more than that! But I noticed something during the afternoon/evening. This friend often hosts an 'open house'. They'll throw on a big batch of food, people...

"Playing with the stock market is like playing chicken with a freight train... no matter how many times you win, you only get to lose once." -- Mike Masters, profiled in Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders If you've been on planet earth over the past week...