Posts from ‘February, 2007’

Bought Mega Millions Tickets

When I was walking home tonight, I saw the Mega Millions jackpot ad and decided to play for fun. I’m not a big believer of lottery tickets. The last time I bought a lottery ticket was years ago. Anyway, I walked in the store and bought five tickets, all random picks. Mega Millions Tickets (2/28/07): [...]

Bloody Red Stock Market Day

Today was a horrible day for the stock market. My friend instant messaged me at work this morning and told me it was a bad day for the stock market. I assumed he just had a bad pick. I logged on my brokerage account and was about to tell him I was okay, but I [...]

Making Money On the Web

Interesting article: Lessons from the “Million Dollar Homepage”

XXIA Jumps Today

XXIA soared to 12.14 today, a peak of more than 10% rise, and eventually settled at 11.67 at the end of the business day. The change is 0.68 (6.19%).

Domain Down

The domain was down last night and today morning. I’m not sure what the reason was, but it’s back up now.

Stocks Watch List for This Week

Stocks: VLO, APC, PEIX, XXIA (tech), GLW (tech) Summary: Oil prices are rising higher. Options Watch List: IR Call Jan (2008) 50 Call (YRSAJ ) $2.40

Business Idea #2: City Naps

I came up with this idea while I was walking to work one day. I was tired and half asleep, and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could just take a nap here?” Then I said, “Hey, may be if we have a place for people to take a nap in the middle [...]

Incoming Yields Mock Portfolio

These are the picks from the November issue of SmartMoney’s article, Incoming Yields. The mock portfolio is now up 20.49%.

Sunday’s Quote

The definition of a great company is one that will be great for 25 or 30 years. – Warren Buffett

PCU Is On Fire

I first took notice of PCU in the November issue of SmartMoney’s article, Incoming Yields. PCU was one of the picks and the article recommended at a buy at $51. The stock had over a 9% dividend at the time. PCU seem look like an attractive buy because it was a metal resource stock and [...]