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Steve Jobs Heart Attack?
Steve Jobs, the living legend at Apple (Mac) and Pixar may have suffered a heart attack this past Friday. News of Jobs' condition caused Apple stock to fall below $100 per share for the first time since the ...
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What to do with the Leftovers
By The Mushroom Lady, on Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:11am PDTI love mushrooms, all mushrooms! There
is one problem that I always face when preparing a mushroom meal.
What to do with the leftover stems? There are several types of
mushrooms that it is ok to eat the stems; whites and crimini's
specifically. But what about the portabellas, and shiitakes? You
have...
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Covered Call on XLF
By Camille Gaines, TheFinancialWoman.com, on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:46am PDTWriting or selling call options can create income opportunites. IF you are going to be in the stock market anyway, it makes sense to generate some income off of your stock holdings by selling calls against them. I have been selling covered...
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Shoe Sale
By Camille Gaines, TheFinancialWoman.com, on Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:01am PDTIf you are like me, don’t you hate it when you buy a pair of shoes and see the same pair of shoes on sale a week later, often before you have even had the benefit of wearing them? Similarly, I get the same feeling when I buy a stock and the price drops. Since stock prices are tied to the overall... Read More »
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Want to be a dolphin? Would you try an LZR Racer Speedo?
By C. F. Chapman, womanwithportfolio.com, on Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:14am PDTI was watching the Olympic trials for the U.S. swimming team, and I noticed that nearly all the competitors, male and female alike, were wearing a new kind of Speedo suit called an LZR Racer that makes them look like dolphins, very sleek and streamlined. As an investor always looking for trends, I... Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (5) | Blog
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Artichokes and market timing: How to create a stock market chart
By Camille Gaines, TheFinancialWoman.com, on Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:41pm PDTSpend just a few minutes for a huge lesson. Follow the link below to Bigcharts.com. Go to Advanced Charting from the red tab on the right. Type $INX into the symbol space and choose one decade and weekly from the pull down tab menu in the time frame section. Look how differently your investment results would have been if you had entered the stock market mid 2000 vs. mid 2003. Spend a few minutes looking at this chart for one of the most important lessons in investing: Timing is everything! Look at various points on the chart and think of how differently your investment would have performed had you bought it at different times in the cycles. Read More »
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It's Your Parent's - Not Yours - Go Get Your Own
By JustMe&MyThoughts, on Wed Jun 4, 2008 6:32pm PDTI overheard someone trying to make accomodations for their single parent. The parent is moving to the child's city so they were talking to a residential rep and then I hear this (paraphrased of course): "Oh no, they just need the 1 bedroom not the 2 bedroom. ... Read More »
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