upwards. technology is taking a lot of the jobs, which is a double-edged sword, but look at it if you are an investor, i want to invest in technology, and technology changes rapidly. with smart phone technology and the apps that are happening, you want to make sure you have a piece of that in your portfolio. gold has been a investment lately, and is it still a smart? yeah, i think so. we could remember when it was below $1,000, and it s going up because it s a safe investment. people are panicking and don t know what to do but want to put their money in safe investments. but this is a great time when the market is low. you buy low and sell high. but you don t want to use the money every day to live to invest in. this is not vegas, so we don t want to come to the table and use it. you can get advice on the markets, just go to cnnmoney.com. critics are lining up against an expensive newest weapons program. the pentagon plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars for