Archive | May, 2005

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

From time to time, I like to read the Yahoo Finance Forums. They have a separate forum for each listed stock, and I like to keep up to date on the chatter for stocks that I hold. Sometimes I get interesting stock ideas. And sometimes there is just a bunch [...]

No More Student Loans

After eight years of making monthly payments on my student loans, I am done! I made my last payment this week– a lump sum to the U.S. Department of Education. It should post today.
I could have stretched it out longer. But student loan interest rates will be going up on July 1, [...]

Hot Panera

I have focused a lot of my attention and energy on Panera Bread over the past few days. I have been steadily increasing my position in the company, trying to buy blocks of 10 or 20 shares when convenient. I am very excited about their performance, management’s competence, and their long-term growth [...]

Clearing the Air

Please note: GorillaTrades is a registered trademark of GorillaTrades, Inc. Neither WealthJunkie.com, its publisher, nor the authors of these articles have any affiliation with the GorillaTrades service.
Yesterday, in what has been referred to as a “manifesto”, one upset reader brought up a few things that I would like to address. I will [...]

A Moment For Clarity

Please note: GorillaTrades is a registered trademark of GorillaTrades, Inc. Neither WealthJunkie.com, its publisher, nor the authors of these articles have any affiliation with the GorillaTrades service.
A few hours ago, we received a 868-word “manifesto” from a terribly disgruntled reader. It made us realize we need to clarify something.
This web site is [...]

Jack Nicholson

I’ve always tried to make dealing with me a bargain. One of the oldest principles is that if you want to be successful, be sure your partners make money. Mine do.
–Jack Nicholson, as quoted in Playboy, January 2004