Archive for 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):
A. 21 [...]

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

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 [...]

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Making Money On the Web

Interesting article:
Lessons from the “Million Dollar Homepage”

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

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%).

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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.

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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

Monday, February 26th, 2007

Business Idea #2: City Nap

The idea is to allow city people to take a nap in the middle of the day.
I came up with this idea when 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, [...]

Monday, February 26th, 2007

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, February 25th, 2007

Sunday’s Quote

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

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

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 [...]

Saturday, February 24th, 2007