Bob ... yup, and its that Ontario storm that's driving up the prices of my Alberta energy stocks, at least that's the reason for today ... actually the only variable I see in this sector is the "perception of risk" because a bullish supply/demand equation is a given.
Chuckle... was at "our local mall" this evening.. all I heard from my wife was "you know if you told me what you wanted I could have picked it up at Zellers for 15% off on Tuesday..". I was hit with a week and a half of red eye.. 2 eye creams and in the middle of 14d of antibiotics later.. we finally made it out yesterday.
My local WMT had the holiday Gamecube system I wanted - didn't know I actually had to become an expert in that too.. but every store sold slightly different packs - you really have to educate yourself on the components.
Took the youngest out for pictures of Santa. But overall it was quiet, I agree. I heard November sales were nothing to sneeze at.. I think this holiday season will be a massive bust. And think the real deals are coming (as predicted) late January - mid February.
Meanwhile the DVD writer at Costco was recently reduced from $119 to $89... the 16X -R/+R is only weeks away...