Blogs and/or Blog Posts on Speculation across various markets in the Economy

Here is a list of possible resources for what will potentially be my final topic in the future of Blogging or page creation topic.  This list is for the topic of speculations effect on the market:

A Blog from the NYTimes

This Blogger covers a great number of political topics but their most recent post pertains to what I'm interested in.

I like this post because it's talks about the 'raging debate' of the massive bubble they said didn't exist that popped weeks/months later leading to incredibly cheap heating fuel costs that winter

This article is great because it's another example (outside the oil market) that tells of large gains based on essentially hearsay

This blog shows real affects in a store based on speculation from thousands of miles away

This blog is fantastic because it really brings home the widespread effect that speculation can have, in this case it's food.

To Blog or Not to Blog?

While this blog is dedicated to the idea of blogging and its usefulness, I'd like to plan another blog or website based on a more elaborate topic to investigate.

Here is a list of possible Blog/Site topics:

• Investigating Speculation's effect on the Market
• Investigating Goldman Sachs ability to sway the market with an opinion (despite a terrible track record)
• Awareness of Carbon footprint reduction based on green energy technology
• Investigating the ever expanding application market and its profitability
• Investigating the future of video games and virtual gaming
• Investigating the effect of the internet on introverted children and young adults
• " " on obese children

These are a few topics,  I love the idea of speculation as it's such a hot topic that is being overlooked by many but I also really like the idea of investigating the "App" Market that is proving much more profitable than anyone had anticipated.  If I weren't able to do either of those I would chose the affect of the internet and house-ridden  children;  I believe unless there is rule of moderation in place that people and children of the future will become more and more introverted with more poorly developed social skills.  I believe there are quite a few psychological studies already that I may look into. 

Right now, for the "Final topic"  I will assume it will be the investigation of the affect speculation has on the market.

Blogs vs Credibility

This comic is a fantastic representation to how blogging can and does work.  For many people, they blog personally about what they're doing, what they've learned and their life in general, almost like a diary.  Some people do a diary-style blog that is satirical and/or shares culture.  You can view my sister's hilarious and educational blog here:  http://farfromthesticks.com/

The above comic shows the less amusing (more annoying) participants of the 'blogosphere'.  The character above is blogging, on a daily basis, about world news and events.  The second character asks if he is credible or has the ability to say something worthwhile.  The blogging character tells him that really doesn't matter... It's a joke, and a funny one, but hundreds of thousands of people do in fact, blog about nothing or radically incorrect data or absurd opinions.  Blogs have given anyone with a computer and the internet the ability to speak their mind widely, and they do.  Obviously not everything we, as humans, think is worth writing... or reading.  

I've always been skeptical of blogs and usually only read those that are either made to be satirical, or are based and cross referenced to credited sources, such as linked to major news papers.  But even so, what they've written is usually an opinion on those things, so it's often either biased or misconstrued.  The best use of blogs I've found so far is as a stepping stone.  If I'm looking for a articles on a specific topic, a particular blog may have already searched out a dozen articles that I will find useful.  In all, I wouldn't trust a blog for academia as far as I could throw it... which nowhere... or not at all, because they aren't tangible and their writers aren't accredited.  Would I read one for amusement, even if the writer may not have meant for it to be so?  Definitely.