Daily musings on stocks…
August 17, 2012 | In: General
Back in June, I asked one of my banks for two credit cards, one in Canadian Dollars and the other in US Dollars. I didn't need them but I thought it was good to have them as a backup plan in case I have a problem with any of my other cards while overseas....
August 16, 2012 | In: Energy
My friend was contemplating buying some RIG shares for the long term, so he asked me whether Transocean pays dividends or not. I didn't know what to answer, see, the short answer is Transocean doesn't pay dividends. However, that answer can be modified...
August 15, 2012 | In: General
I remember I spent several months being an active contributor to Answers.com, giving real answers to real questions, and feeling good that I was able to help someone somewhere. I did leave a link to one of my websites in each of my answers - after all, I...
August 14, 2012 | In: Opinion
I had an overdraft charge this morning - the thing is that I used the wrong account to make a purchase, and I got dinged with a ridiculous $30 ($29.95 to be exact) just because I bought some fruits worth $7 with my Interac card at the local grocery. In...
August 13, 2012 | In: General
Most of us don't think about buying and holding stocks, but we're there for the quick money. We buy some shares, we wait until they go up (or until they go down below a certain threshold), and we sell to make some money or limit our losses. I have to...
August 11, 2012 | In: General
OK - clearly this is not a post about the stock market or anything related to the stock market. In fact, this is not a post - it's a rant. I visit a lot of websites on a daily basis and I post a comment if I like what I read (regardless of whether I'm in...
August 10, 2012 | In: Consumer - Non Cyclical
I bought yesterday some hand soap - I usually buy them in bulk, and they last for a year or so. I buy a brand called Softsoap (it's very prominent here in Canada) as they have a huge variety of hand soaps - some have unbelievable scents! I bought about...
August 9, 2012 | In: Opinion
High speed trading is the "trading du jour" nowadays. Every bank is now running to implement its own system of high speed trading, simply because this method of trading incurs no loss whatsoever. High speed trading consists of a computer software (running...