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Thursday, August 31st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
My wife's currently pursuing her Master in Accouting with emphasis in Taxation. One of her professors is a pretty smart guy and usually spends 6 months of the year travelling ... Read more..Thursday, August 31st, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Todays news is Donald Trump fires his sidekick Carolyn Kepcher after more than 10 years!Atleast she last a lot longer than most contestants and she also got a book deal ... Read more..Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
I recently referred a co-worker to TDAmeritrade. I was supposed to get $50 and he was supposed to get 5 free trades. Well neither of us got squat so I ... Read more..Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I got an email today from Amazon.com* For the first time ever, Amazon.com will be featuring $5 bonus coupon codes on hundreds of magazine subscriptions.* Customers will get a $5 ... Read more..Wednesday, August 30th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Through my meandering web-surfing habits I came across two very interesting books. They deal with not working. One of the authors was fired from his engineering jobs and says it ... Read more..Tuesday, August 29th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Amazon launched an Affiliates Bookstore. I tried it out but its still a little buggy.The interface isn't very flexible. You can only add 9 books[products] and if you want to ... Read more..Thursday, August 24th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
This is what a young analyst at EverBank had to say about hedge funds after hearing that 2 hedge funds were going to sponsor Tom Cruise's next movie."Hedge funds are ... Read more..Thursday, August 24th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Here's another article from Kiplinger's,Goodbye Condo Mania saying that the South Western Florida Condo market is done.Just as I thought, all this bad news about builders had the opposite ... Read more..Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Ferrari just came out with its new 620 hp 599 GTB. It kind of looks like the Jaguar XKR. Only its probably around $195,000 more expensive and has 50% more ... Read more..Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
I think in a year or two it'll be time to upgrade my '99 Accord V6 coupe. I was just looking at new 5-series BMW's and the cheapest 5 series ... Read more..Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Bought some stock in Pengrowth Energy Trust[PGH] today. Its a Canadian stock that pays out a strong 11.60% annual dividend on a monthly basis. The ex-dividend date is August 29th ... Read more..Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Here's an excellent video showing George Bush as a great debater 10 years ago and how he's gone senile. Its pretty good.Bush is senile.Bush and Blair's Love Duet.Andy Dick's Spoof ... Read more..Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Finally, after lots of bogus reports about a soft landing and their being no real estate bubble, several builders have acknowledged [or should I say confessed] that their may be ... Read more..Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Business 2.0 had an article about how profitable blogging has become.There was another article about 6 months ago about how some bloggers were making around $75,000 to $150,000 per ... Read more..Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Its pretty simple. You buy whatever stock they're buying when they're buying it!Billionaires aren't usually in the habit of broadcasting what they buy and sell but they usually do buy ... Read more..Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I just read The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor--and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car! by Tim Harford.Its an ... Read more..Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The Miami Herald reports that Washington has embraced an alternative to $3-a-gallon gasoline -- $4-a-gallon ethanol.That's the cost of this federally mandated fuel additive, when you take everything into account. ... Read more..Sunday, August 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Here's a neat idea to make money from your vacation homes or even your personal property. Have it star in a movie!All you need to do is take about 36 ... Read more..Sunday, August 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Taz Trader Blog has a great article on how to lose money trading.#10 - Put all of your efforts into finding the perfect technical indicator. Once you find this magical ... Read more..Sunday, August 20th, 2006 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I recently bought a book for a friend's birthday at Barnes and Nobles Book Store. Since my friend is an investor in one of my private placement funds, I considered ... Read more..