By Mike on May 18, 2008 in Laughter, Life and what it throws you | 1 Comment
Last night Stacy and I, took our friend Alex to Strike for my friend Brandon’s 30th birthday party. Strike is basically a bowling alley/bar very similar to Lucky Strike in Boston. They try and make bowling really cool and whatever. It was a really good time though, I bowled over 100 both games, but Alex had [...]
By Mike on May 8, 2008 in Finance and Stocks | 0 Comments
In my last post I talked about how I thought eBay was going to be a generational winner, due to its popularity with a younger generation, and their ability to hold onto its user base throughout the rest of those user’s lives. The kind of company that you look back on and say “I wish I could [...]
By Mike on May 5, 2008 in Finance and Stocks | 2 Comments
Back in 2001 or so, I came to a realization about stocks. If you buy and sell them often, you had better do really well at it, because with all the short-term capital gains and commissions you pay, and the pain in the ass that your tax return becomes, the appeal of it quickly wore off. I [...]
By Mike on May 2, 2008 in Finance and Stocks | 0 Comments
I’ve done it. I’ve gone and made my next stock investment. But it didn’t go down like I thought it would. I had been waiting for the stock to take a dip, and during that time, I learned a bit more about a company that is as close to an identical twin as you can [...]