The Essentials for Fall

Fall is just around the corner (yeah I know this sucks dude) no more bbqs, no more shorts, no more whites, so that means to bold up your wardrobe. I decided this year to go with a lot of grey/brown combos, I dunno brown just speaks to to the more significant urban gentleman. Grey is just a great color that compliments it and combined you will look sharp, sharp like a knife? That was stupid...anyways here you go...

Let's start from the bottom to the top...first the shoe...

Here we have a slip on brown shoe...this shoe will look sharp with a pair of slacks (grey or blue or brown) and can also look fashionable with a pair of dark denim washed jeans. Plus I know how we like to get up late in the morning and not tie our shoes making slip ons a great way to get up and go to the office/bar/what ever for a quick dres up...

Next we go the pant, as I stated before I'm going with a grey pant reco this fall. Something about grey makes fall for me, grey goes welll with just about anything and it's a nice fall color. I see a lot of grey suits (which really are not my favorite) but I figured a grey pant is good enough for this fall. Pair up the grey pant with either a black/brown shoe and you are good to go.

Follow this up with a heavy fall shirt, I went with an easy white shirt and easy patterened design. Simple squares seem a relaxed look to me but make sure you find a heavier one for the cooler fall months. Who knows it might snow this October, please don't...You can either pair this up with jacket or not it depends on what you feel like.

Last but not least I'm going with something new this fall...a sport jacket to go along with our outfit. Now this brown casual one can enable your ipod to be listened to on those boring dates with out the other knowing. Haha...pretty clever, pair up this bad boy with some jeans and the brown shoes I showed you and you are ready for surfing on the internet at Starbucks or drinking martinis at our local oyster bar!!!

Investing for the summer of '09

Do you see a theme here? Cash, invest your money in cash for the summer because it's as cloudy as a thick london fog for this summer. I honestly cannot say to put your cash into anything related to equities except of course...that is cash heavy companies. Jim Cramer's famous quote, "there's a bull market somewhere". Yeah it's true but I never take that guy's advice. My advice right now is to sell any equity stakes you have that have shown at least 10% positive gains and just wait until this summer is over. There is speculation that another simulus package will be implemented which could send the market into a panic. No one has any idea what could happen and we could see another February drop like we saw this summer.

Now if you are one of those people that cannot stand having cash burning a whole in your pocket...let's go with these guys...

ABT- It's a great dividend stock and is trading at about 45-47. Not too much volatility here and we have a company with some good cash.

Apple- Only buy this stock if it hits $125, the only factor that would cause this is market volatility. Apple could be on the acquisition train and they are sitting on $35 billion in cash. Wow

Wendy's/Arby's- Barron's has been recommending this stock and shoot I'll give it a thumbs up. People love these two old school fast food joints, I'll take some chili with cheese/onions.

Comcast- I have about 150 shares personally and I am down about a buck but I'm gonna stay with this company. Good balance sheet and retainment of customers, it's at about $13.20.

Holla for a dollar