I bought 70 Bank of America shares at‚ $28 per share for a total cost of $1,960.‚ In my opinion, Bank of America stock is looking pretty cheap right now and it is positioning itself to dominate the entire banking industry once events begin to stabilize themselves.‚ I think that there is significant risk to Bank of America too, but Bank of America has grown itself into such a behemoth that the US government will never let it fail.‚ … read more “Joel Buys Bank of America”
Month: September 2008
Internet Reputation Management FAQs
Document is very rough and still being worked on… please give me feedback in comments.
What is Online Reputation Management?
Online reputation management is the process of monitoring information and opinions on an entity (individual person, group of people, corporation, government, etc.) and providing tracking and reporting measurements that can accurately gauge the effect of other entities actions and opinions.… read more “Internet Reputation Management FAQs”
Sourcetool.com = Spam Site
I saw an article in the NYTimes on a website, Sourcetool.com, which is suing Google for supposedly discriminatory practices.‚ Google by its very nature must be discriminatory- it picks the best sites for a keyword query.‚ Anyways, the owner of Sourcetool.com Dan Savage, is trying to prevent the Google-Yahoo cooperation agreement because Google raised his minimum Adwords bids to far higher than they used to be.‚ … read more “Sourcetool.com = Spam Site”
UD Car Accident
I was driving home from the University District in Seattle on the I-5 on ramp about to merge into freeway traffic when the 5 cars in front of me all piled up.‚ I was the last car in the line and slammed on my brakes, stopping about 5 feet short of the last persons’ bumper.‚ Pretty nuts.‚ … read more “UD Car Accident”
500 Point Market Crash
The market crashed 500 points today, losing 4.4% of its value.
Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury said, ” consumers should remain confident about the soundness of the American financial system.”
If that isn’t a sign to sell all of your financial assets and buy guns & food and a bomb shelter, I don’t know what is.‚ … read more “500 Point Market Crash”
Lake Chelan Vacation
I left last Friday (September 4th) after work to go on vacation to Lake Chelan with Nick Fitzer and his family. We stayed till Thursday (September 11th) at Wapato Point. I had an awesome time: wakeboarding, wine tasting, golfing, swimming & hot tubbing, and so on.
Graham WA House Party
Graham WA is a classy place to live and though strange things may happen there, I still gotta love my hometown.
Hospitals Are Terrifying
Hospitals can be a scary place… funny video clip that didn’t make it into Knocked Up on what can happen to you at a hospital.
Tacoma Commercial Loans
People interested in how to find commercial funding for loans in Tacoma Washington would do very well to read this post by Sanjay. Sanjay points out some great information for those who are interested in pushing their businesses to the next level with elite level loan servicing. Awesome!
Broadstripe Cable Screws Cable Internet Customers
Broadstripe, the cable company, is screwing its customers. Broadstripe purchased the old cable operator I had and now has decided to jack up the prices from $29.99 for basic cable internet to a ridiculously obscene $64 a month. Broadstripe did this without even notifying its customers. I just opened a bill and there was $64 staring me in the face.… read more “Broadstripe Cable Screws Cable Internet Customers”