I know I haven't posted anything in quite a while. I'm in the middle of hunting for another job. The financial crisis has really gotten me worried. About my job, my work visa, my finances. I think I am okay money-wise, at least I have some savings in the bank. Enough to buy a one-way plane ticket for me and my terribly many possessions ( Read more... )

The market is a yo-yo for now

And Alec is gone. To Florida...

I should have moved to JP Morgan while I had the chance.

Excerpts from the article:
Instead, J.P. Morgan agreed to pay $1.9 billion to the government for WaMu's banking operations and will assume the loan portfolio of the thrift, which has $307 billion in assets. The full cost to J.P. Morgan will be much higher, because it plans to write down ( Read more... )

My interest in tennis over the summer has definitely run interference with getting myself prepped for footie season. I have no clue what's going on anymore. We have Champions League matches this week? Real Madrid is in the same group as Juventus? Huh? Villarreal is playing Man U? Why is Van der Vaart wearing Sneijder's number? Who's this ( Read more... )