The Onion sums things up perfectly

I'm amused by The Onion. If humor sites were baseball players, The Onion would be Adam Dunn--low batting average, high slugging percentage, tons of swings and misses. But when they connect...you definitely want to be there to see it.

This post made me crack up, maybe because I spend a great deal of my day reading through deluges of market commentary, much of which is absolutely terrible. For a non-professional, the conflicting reports and analysis are confusing and nearly impossible to decipher--possibly by design.

WASHINGTON—Some sort of tax cut or earnings or money or something was reported in economic news this week in further evidence that a lot of financial-related things have been going on lately.

According to numerous articles and economics segments from major media outlets, experts on banks and such have become increasingly concerned over a new extension or rates or a proposal or compromise that could signal fewer investments, and dollars, and so on.

The experts confirmed that the stimulus has played a role.

Good stuff. Hopefully this blog can be more Onion, less major-media-outlet. That's my goal.

[The Onion]