About me
Recent Buy-and-Sell Activities on Amazon.com
No, I haven’t forgot my little business on Amazon.com, though it has been quiet for a long time. The main reason is I wasn’t able to find lot of cheap stuff (those that won’t cost me too much if at the end I have to keep them myself) that also have re-sell values. Since I [...]
June 2007 Score Card — Part II: Passive Incomes
In addition to price appreciation, the other investment objective we have is to generate passive incomes from our investments. To that end, I have been investing quite heavily in dividend generating stocks and funds. Last year, our investments brought us more than $9,000 in interests, dividends, and capital gains. For the first half of 2006, [...]
June 2007 Highlights
Following are some highlights of June 2007 in case you missed them.
1. First Trading Experience with Zecco
It’s great that Zecco doesn’t charge commission for stock trading, but they still have a lot to do to make their system reliable and less confusing.
2. My Personal Saving and Investing System
Though a little bit complicated with so many [...]
June 2007 Score Card — Part I: Net Worth
June turned out to be another solid month as our nest egg continued to grow in the past month, most of them coming from investments in our taxable accounts, despite a down month for the equity markets. For the month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 219 points, or 1.6%, to close at 13,408 on [...]
My First Day at New Job
was quite boring actually.
I showed up at 9:00 am this morning (that was quite early according to my standard) and spent the whole day doing nothing but sitting there and reading some document that doesn’t require much time to finish. No computer, no internet. It’s a big company and, as expected, everything is slow. I [...]
