Archive for August, 2006

Not dividends, not growth, but both.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

I like growth companies. I like dividend paying companies. I LOVE a company that grows and pays dividends however. Companies that grow and pay a sustainable dividend are great investments in my book. Note the word "sustainable" also. Companies that pay dividends that aren't sustainable in the long run are ...

InstantProfitz Site Design Change

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

InstantProfitz got a new site design today. Much better than their old one.Did 4 offers this month for a total of $120.OnlingoCost: $6.95Reward: $24Carleton SheetsCost $9.95Reward $40Video ProfessorCost $6.95Reward $28Blockbuster OnlineCost $9.99Reward $28I particularly like the Blockbuster offer. My Netflix subscription queue is currently full of Sopranos dvds so now ...

Yahoo! Finance Message Boards

Monday, August 28th, 2006

The Yahoo! Message Boards are the worst. They seem to be just full of people pumping or bashing a stock like their effort makes a real difference on the price of the stock. One example is Montepelier Re's message board. You get one guy that brags about Berkshire Hathaway every ...

Penny stock spam getting through filters.

Monday, August 28th, 2006

gMail has been letting through a lot more penny stock spam then usual lately. The spammers are using a method that apparently works somewhat.In the body of the e-mail they'll write a bunch of nonsense from various sources like:"The youngman agreed with cheerful alcoholism. In an unwise absence, he ...

IndexCreditCards.com

Friday, August 25th, 2006

If you start to see a lot of blogs link to http://www.indexcreditcards.com, it's because they're offering an iPod nano for the top 3 sites that send them traffic in September. I don't plan to win so I won't agressively promote them. Their site is alright, nothing special. Check it out ...

SogoInvest Follow -up

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

This is a follow-up to my original post about joining Sogoinvest.I planned to test out these guys so on 8/10 I transferred in $80 via ACH. Funding took about 3 business days.I'm in the 90-day promotion period where trades are $1 (normally $3).I'm not much of a trader but on ...

Internet still at a snail’s pace….

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

Sigh, maybe I'll call Comcast and complain for awhile to their tech support in Mumbai.I added My 1st Million at 33 to the links bar. Check it out. I like.

Internet on the fritz

Monday, August 21st, 2006

My internet has been working on/off for the last couple days. Now it works, but it's REALLY slow. Damn Comcast. Anyway, I'll update again when it gets better.

E-Mail Subscriptions

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

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What is this? Is it radar?

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

The symbol doesn't always mean that the feed is being managed by a service such as FeedBurner. This graphic above is being established as a standard to identify syndicated content. Not a fan of the color orange? Many more colors and the idea behind this standard located at feedicons.com.What are ...