Archive for March, 2007

The Apprentice L.A. - Episode 9

In this episode, the two teams had to make a webisode to promote a cleaning product. I thought Arrow’s team had a great idea and they implemented it well. Kinetic’s idea has a nice hook at the end, but they didn’t do a good job promoting the product, so they lost.
This stir my creative thinking [...]

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

Saturday’s Quote

Money doesn’t always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars. - Hobart Brown

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

DVD: Biography - J. Pierpont Morgan: Emperor of Wall Street (2005)

Everyone on Wall Street has heard of the name J.P. Morgan, but few knew how he had achieved his success. This DVD goes into his life and tells you the story of the super ambitious man.
J.P. Morgan became a millionaire at a young age and could have retired but his dreams were bigger than that. [...]

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Five ETFs to Look In to

Five ETFs to Watch as the Stock Market Rebounds

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

AMD A Buy?

AMD is trading near its 52-week low and is looking quite attractive at the price of 13.50. The company is beaten down by the performance and market shares of the Intel dual core chips, but AMD has the quad-core micro-architecture, Barcelona chips under its belts. Once Barcelona is released, AMD may reclaim its market share [...]

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

The Apprentice L.A. - Episode 8

The Apprentice Los Angeles episode 8 is about marketing the brand, GNC in a sports arena during half time. I learned something interesting in this episode.
Arrow’s team had a great idea and the concept was good, but it wouldn’t work in a half time sports event. Arrow’s marketing strategy required too much attention, and it [...]

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Commuting to Work - Part 2

Commuting to New York City can be very stressful. The subways are crowded during rush hour and everyone is in a hurry. Because everyone is rushing to work, they are more likely to get into accidents and arguments with other people. Everyone is always in somebody’s way in the subway. There’s a lot of tension. [...]

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Sunday’s Quote

Money is the god of our time. - Heine

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

ZOLT

I looked back at one of the mock portfolios I had created. It was called “Undiscovered Stocks,” and the mock portfolio was created in Feb 2006. I saw a 122% increased next to one of the stocks, and the ticker was ZOLT. In my notes next to the stock, I had written, “High Rated Carbon [...]

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

Saturday’s Quote

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty… Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys base people. - Georg

Saturday, March 24th, 2007