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Mike's investment idea - ADM
I'm considering investing in ADM. ADM main businesses is turning raw foods (corn, soy, wheat) into food products. The reason to invest is that it's at the low end of it's historical P/E range. The word on the street reason it's fallen is the credit crunch is going to harm farmers and lower their production; hence raising input prices (costs) for ( Read more... ) -
Why their won't be a great depression.
I was reading this article in the NYT (Lesson From a Crisis: When Trust Vanishes, Worry ) and had to comment ( Read more... ) -
Yes, opinion articles are biased and illogical...
but this illogical ( Read more... ) -
Need Pirates autographs?
Cause their staying at my hotel this week! One of them is 2 doors down (saw their bags being placed inside).
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Quote of the day
"The duty of the honorable man is to fight in the cause of the right, and perhaps the forces of light will edge out the forces of darkness."
Newsweek: Jun 28, 2008 -
The gah, I'm pathetic post
On Tuesday I found a wallet in my hotel. It had cash, a Best Buy Gift card and identifying info in it. Consequently, I returned it to the front desk, since I knew they could contact the person ( Read more... ) -
Second Amendment is upheld
Breaking news ( Read more... ) -
United, you are the bane of my existance.
I've flown on United a couple times this year and each time I've had problems. I figured it couldn't always be bad; and hoped that I could fly standby early Sunday, rather than take my flight at 5 (which gets me to the hotel at 10 pm ( Read more... ) -
Wow, this is some pretty good frraud.
I recently sold my car on Craigslist. I got a bunch of people offering to by my car by mailing me a check and arranging to have their shipping company pick it up. They would send a check for $2k or $3k more then the cost of the item, and ask that you mail them back the difference. The check takes a long while to bounce, so you send them the cash ( Read more... ) -
dumb doctors question
I was reading Eyes Bloodshot, Doctors Vent Their Discontent in the NY Times, and I'm a little confused. Why aren't the doctors pushing back against the HMO's harder ( Read more... )