A weekend in Fall

Wow ..one more weekend and it's raining cats and dogs .Did I say rain yet again?...Yes!Yes!.Don't know what's up with the weather these days.Guess it's more reflecting the proverbial rainy day in a bad economy.What with more than 100 bank failures in the US already and more to come .Just going with the current news it seems there would be in the range of about 1100 bank failures by 2011 which would wipe out roughly about 13% per of all banking assets in the US.Now, does this call for a different banking structure in the future?Or is it just more checks and balances in the US financial system that are needed?That's anybody's guess.With the times being what they are it looks like the 'Cash for Gold' programs are really going strong. Gold is at an all time high and yes..there are people who will buy your gold to give you the money you need on a rainy day like today !.There's mixed views in the media about where we are headed?Is the recession really over?Or is there still economic gloom out there like the finanacial sooth sayers are predicting?Well, the stocks have certainly inched their way upwards slowly but surely since last March and that is definitely the sign of an improving economy.So, maybe now is as good a time as any to buy .Hopefully ,things will only get better really if they can't get any worse.The housing sector is a totally different ball game.It seems to be recovering slowly with almost a 10% increase in existing home sales which is a record high since the past two years.Wow..that is definitely a sign of an improving economy...Well,that's just my two cents on yet another rainy weekend.Have fun and stay dry!