I’m no expert

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Jerry under Business, Computers and/or Internet, Friends/Family, Life, Money and Finances.

I’m the first one to admit that I’m no expert about Stock Trading.  But it really galled me when many years ago a friend of mine decided to become a stock broker and he tried to talk me out of buying the Disney Stock and the Wal-Mart stock that I wanted to buy!  He tried to convince me that those two stocks were not good investments!  I had a really hard time getting him to buy those stocks for me, and I’m glad that I over-rode his recommendations and went with my own gut feelings.

 

Those stocks that I bought have done well in the market, while the stocks he was suggesting have not done well at all.  I suspect that there was some ulterior motive behind his company telling him to push those certain stocks, and it certainly made me very uneasy.

 

That’s the biggest reason why I turned to Online Trading when it became available.  I think that I’d prefer to do business with an Online Broker because I can make my own decisions about what investments I want to make without feeling that I’m jeopardizing any friendships!

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I admit I’m a Star Wars fan

Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Entertainment and Fun, Technology and gadgets.

Ok, I admit I like Star Wars.  But I’m not obsessive about it.  In fact I think I’ve only seen each Star Wars movie once.  OK twice.  But each viewing was years apart.  Anyway the point is that I liked the movies to the point where I remember many of the characters, scenes and “lines.”  Like “How wude!”

So I had to laugh when I found this video on the stupidvideos.com website, featuring Luke Skywalker.  I didn’t know he suffered from OCD!  I hope you enjoy this video as much as I did!

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