Monthly Archives: September 2008

witnessing history

The House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion plan to bail out the U.S. financial system sending Dow down over 600 and NAZ down over 140 in a blink of eyes. My retirement account, for the first time, is below … Continue reading

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bought a ping pong table

My wife and I struggled a whole evening to set the newly bought ping pong table up. Unfortunately, part of the support does not fit the screws provided by the manufacturer. As the propaganda of poison milk becomes the headline … Continue reading

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If I had known …

If I had known that FRE (and FNM, LEH) would be bailed out by our tax payers’ money, I should have held my shares for the time until I retire.

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Avoid ETrade

I had very bad experience today with ETrade: The limit order to sell FRE with limit price 0.65 did not execute even when the market ask price reached 0.67. I changed the limit price to 0.58 and still nothing happened. … Continue reading

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What a day

UAUA filed chapter 11 and stock dropped to 0.01 in a blink of eyes. FNM/FRE dropped around 80% due to mortgage crisis. My Roth IRA is down 8% even though both Dow and NASDAQ are in green.

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囧囧有神 兲兲向上

嘦巭好 兲嫑跑  汉字真是博大精深

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back home from PCB

I-10 west bound did not have much delay except the twin span bridge where the traffic built up from Slidell. We decided to take LA 11 and manage to get home around 8:00pm. The house does not suffer much from wind damage … Continue reading

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Reentry plan

I do not understand the reentry plans made by the president of Jefferson and Orleans parish. Residents from Jefferson parish can come back home today after 6:00am but there are extensive areas without power as well as traffic lights. Do Jefferson … Continue reading

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Away from home

My wife and I drove to Ocean Springs, MS on Sun and had to stay after receiving tornado warning in panhandle area. Fortunately, Days Inn allowed us to have one room provided we sign the mutual agreement that any power … Continue reading

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