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Twikini - Trinket Software - The best Twitter App for Windows Mobile

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:43:00 +0000

I am a Win Mobile user (at least for the time being) and am continually infuriated by the lack of quality applications developed for the platform. I am also a Twitter user. I have actually...

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Some stuff I read online 4/16/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:03:00 +0000

The market is trading up big today on beats by JP Morgan and Coke. Jamie Dimon of JPM is claiming the worst is over. I think the next day or two will tell when we start to see some more financials...

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Some stuff I read online 4/15/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:47:00 +0000

It has been a while since I posted. As I mentioned 3 months ago, my day job keeps me pretty busy once a quarter (last week was a 70 hour week) so reading and writing are luxuries during quarter...

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Should You Take Out A Payday Loan?

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:32:00 +0000

Payday loans are becoming more expedient for people who have lost other forms of easy credit. That, however, doesn’t make them the best place to get an easy loan. There are reasons to avoid getting a...

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Some stuff I read online 4/3/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:24:00 +0000

The market is trading to the upside today after a slight decline yesterday. I suspect this kind of action is valuable to the eventual upside move the market seems to want to make. Financials have...

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Some stuff I read online 4/1/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:42:00 +0000

The market is rallying nicely this morning on news that UBS is writing off $19B and Lehman is raising $4B (Note that Lehman is raising money not because they say they need it but because there are...

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Some stuff I read online 3/27/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:04:00 +0000

After a brief run-up at the open, the markets are trading to the downside, largely lead by financials. Nothing catastrophic. All runs up will pull back and base at some point. Lets hope that this...

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Some stuff I read online 3/26/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:29:00 +0000

The financials are getting spanked again today. Meridith Whitney is out with another nasty report on the sector highlighting her fears around Citi (I get the feeling she does not like them very...

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Some stuff I read online 3/25/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:45:00 +0000

I took a couple of days off so just getting back to some writing. Some notable non financial news: Tiger Woods win streak is stopped. That is right. Tiger played this weekend and did not win. ...

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Some stuff I read online 3/19/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Here is today’s list of interesting articles I have read online. So yesterday we did not get the historic 100 bps move many were predicting but the market did not seem to mind. After an initial...

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Some stuff I read online 3/18/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Here is today’s list of interesting articles I have read online. Today marks a potentially historic day in the financial markets with the Federal Reserve expected to lower interest rates by a...

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Some stuff I read online 3/17/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:58:00 +0000

Here is today’s list of interesting articles I have read online. I will add that there is a crush of stuff written today and I have not even scratched the surface on what is out there. I actually...

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A Primer on Options – Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:58:00 +0000

Before I start this post, a reminder to all that the first round of the 2008 Formula One season goes off this weekend. It will take place in the wee hours of the morning for those of us in north...

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Some stuff I read online 3/13/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:24:00 +0000

Here is today’s list of interesting articles I have read online. I own SHLD and am therefore extremely interested in what Eddie Lampert is up to. From my perspective, the reason for investing was...

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Some stuff I read online 3/12/08

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:58:00 +0000

I read a lot of stuff online. Some of it business related. Some of it investment related. Some of it just for fun. I am going to start a regular post where I will highlight some of the more...

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The Ultimate Dividend Rules

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:45:00 +0000

That is the heading on the second last page of Josh Peters’ book “The Ultimate Dividend Playbook”. Josh is the editor of the Morningstar Dividend Investor, a dividend investment advisory newsletter...

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A Primer on Options

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:32:00 +0000

This will be the first post in an educational series. I will be writing one piece a week on some topic of investing, partly to help people understand a little more about the process but partly for my...

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A Little Game of Government Give and Take

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:29:00 +0000

Two years ago, the Conservative Party of Canada toppled the minority Liberal government and won the federal election, regaining power after 13 years of Liberal rule, albeit in a minority capacity. ...

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Tiger spanks Cink and some random thoughts on the market…

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:16:00 +0000

In what was his second most lopsided victory in Match Play, Tiger Woods defeated Stewart Cink 8 and 7 in the final round of the Accenture Match Play to win for the third time in a row. His most...

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Caveat Emptor...even if it is free!

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:17:00 +0000

A blog site I read pointed me to an article on another blog site that I have browsed on occasion outlining some of the tax benefits to incorporating a business and some tax strategies that could be...

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Match Play Underway

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:44:00 +0000

The opening round of the Accenture Match Play championship starts today. Unlike normal stroke play, golfers go head to head, hole by hole until someone wins. Each hole is win, lose or draw and he...

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FedEx has the best commercials

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:18:00 +0000

I have always thought FedEx has great commercials and the last few they have done with the PGA for the FedEx cup have been great. Here is one of them. Enjoy!

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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Indicator?

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:25:00 +0000

I am often intrigued by things that seemingly intelligent, well educated people who we trust with trillions of dollars seem to follow in an almost superstitious way as forecasting tools for the...

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Taking aim at Blackstone

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:58:00 +0000

Blackstone is a company that came to market last year with a lot of chatter around it. Run by Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone is one of the giants of the private equity world. Blackstone sold common...

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The Case for Keycorp

noreply@blogger.com (Babel Fish) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:45:00 +0000

KeyCorp is the holding company for KeyBank, a full service provider of banking services to individuals and corporations. Its current price of $25 is up 25% from its 52 week lows but still 40% off...

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