Category: finance
09/16/08 02:44 - 63ºF - ID#45698
A response to Vincent and the market
Everytime I read (e:Vinvent)'s analysis, it makes sense to me, but I never follow its' advice.
Short selling seems too advanced for a guy who isn't really an "investor." Instead, I have picked a few mutual funds with the long term goal of not cashing in until I retire. (They are socially responsible funds, for the record)
Even though I haven't done anything gutsy like (e:Vincent) reccomends, I have been thinking about swapping my funds for an ETF (to cut my already low expenses, and because they have shown to get better returns.) Still, owning an ETF means owning companies that hurt people, and I don't want to be in that business too much (I say "too much," because as long as I pay taxes, some of my money will go to something evil).
Also, selling short seems like betting against your own team. I don't want to root for the economy to tank so I can make a buck.
Finally, conventional wisdom (which hasn't really helped thus far) says that when things look REALLY bad, then that is the time to buy, because everyone else sees that and prices are super low as a result. I guess I still believe the conventional wisdom, despite experience.
Sometimes, I think the best bet would be to buy a farm and some guns. That way, when it all goes down the tubes, I can grow my own food on my own land and shoot at anybody that tries to take it from me.
But I don't really like farming or shooting people.
I've thought about money more than I want to for one day. It's time to think about something important.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: sports
09/15/08 07:40 - 61ºF - ID#45691
When you study in the nude . . .
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Location: Buffalo, NY
09/13/08 11:04 - 70ºF - ID#45670
Tina Fey is back on SNL . . .
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: football
09/12/08 08:53 - 70ºF - ID#45655
Existentialism ruins football
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Location: Buffalo, NY
09/10/08 02:41 - 66ºF - ID#45625
Big Party @ Cole's
Open Bar (Beer and Wine), Plus wings, beef and weck, and dessert.
Music by the Theresa Quinn Duo
To benefit Lafayette Church.
All for low, low price of $25, or 4 for $100.
In addition to creating a positive spiritual community, Lafayette also does things that the non-spiritually minded might like. We host a soup kitchen and a nursery school, share our playground and our meeting rooms for community groups and recovery groups, too. Heck, we even provide a home for community supported agriculture!
Most important, of course, to (e:strip)pers is this--Lafayette Church is home to (e:Drew) and (e:Janelle)! :)
Comment and I will get you tickets. There will also be a basket auction, for those of you that like putting tickets in jars to try to win stuff (and if you have a basket to donate--even better!).
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: 10 things
09/05/08 09:38 - 72ºF - ID#45582
Ten Things I like about the Daily Show
2. It tells the truth.
3. It gets everybody.
4. Jon Stewart's Funny faces.
5. "This week in God."
6. Politicians having debates with themselves, via video clips.
7. Stewart doesn't take himself too seriously, but he takes the established media even less seriously.
8. They say things other media will not.
9. Guests are treated well, even when Jon doesn't agree with them.
10. A moment of zen.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: house
08/29/08 03:42 - 76ºF - ID#45501
Ladder?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
08/29/08 08:22 - 66ºF - ID#45494
Dream come true?
The guy that they asked didn't say yes or no, but instead hemmed and hawed about how this is historic but really there is a long way to go.
I wish he would have said: "Has the dream come true? What are you nuts!? King said, "we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
The candidacy is great. The election will be a major step forward. But we have a LONG way to go.
More on the dream, still deferred, not only for black Americans, but for most Americans:
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."²
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