Archive for February, 2007

New U.S. Dollar Coin

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

New U.S. Dollar Coin

by Das Brain

This is just a short blurb on the new U.S. dollar coin.

Canadians have had our one dollar coin called the “loony” for a long time. It’s called a “loony” because there is a loon bird engraved on the coin so I wonder what nick names Americans our going to give the new U.S. dollar coin. How about “the George”, because I think “Washington” is already taken for another bill denomination, just a suggestion. We will see.

Does Your Credit Card “Benefit” You In Anyway?

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

by Das Brain

Does Your Credit Card “Benefit” You In Anyway?

You must be asking yourself, what in high heavens does Das Brain mean?

Well, let me put it this way. Does it give you any sort of reward points? Like Air Miles, Sony points, points for department stores or a certain hotels / airlines?

Next question to ask yourself is, does the credit card charge you an annual fee?

Vehicle Of Choice – Hybrid Car and Superbike

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

by Das Brain

If money was no object what would be your vehicle of choice?

Most people I know will most likely go for a Super sports car like a McLaren F1 or something of that nature, but I would rather much have something that is lighter on the gasoline. The McLaren F1 gives you 6 to 7 miles per gallon as stated in a car show that I watched yesterday. That’s insane, but the car is also insanely fast with 667 hp. The McLaren F1 also cost a cool million dollars, its basically a Formula 1 race car with a body on it, made for the streets, but very impractical for the streets as the car show pointed out.

Wonderful Winter Wonderland

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Gotta step out to meet my wife at the day care where she works, but don’t have much time to blog. I’ll just leave you with this quick blurb.

Woke up this morning to roughly 20 cm (8 inches) of the white stuff called snow. :)

Winter Snow

Man it was a lot, and I have to drive in this weather too with my small car. Good thing I’m skilled at Canadian winter driving. I guess people in New York, and various other States in the U.S are experiencing the exact same thing.

Living Way Beyond Your Means – Going For Broke – 1

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

living beyond your means

Most of my posts recently have been about stock, option trading and my internet ventures, so I decided that it is about time I write an article on the subject of personal finance.

Just Finished The DVD Course – Trend Trading To Win

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I purchased the Trendfund’s DVD a while back last year, and never really had the time to go through the whole thing and take notes until…………well recently 2 weeks ago when I lost my job. The course cost me $234 USD not cheap. But if it helps me make more cash then it was worth it.

Technorati Search Result and Claim Blog Problems

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I have been having problems lately with Technorati’s service. I’m sure this is nothing new as when I searched the web to see if other people are having the same issues, sure enough they are.

So far I still cannot claim my blog, it’s been 2 weeks and the bloody feature still does not work somehow. I get the following message over and over again.

“There was a problem claiming your blog. Please try again in a few minutes. You can also go to Technorati Help for help claiming your blog.”

$150 Laptops For Developing Nations

Monday, February 12th, 2007

by Das Brain
OneLaptop Cheap laptop 
This project is going to have a big global effect on narrowing the digital information divide between the developed countries and poorer countries in the world.  Moving forward 5 to 10 years I can see the ripple effects of this monumental technological event.

Intro To Option Trading – Part 4

Monday, February 12th, 2007

by Das Brain

Part 4 How Do I Trade Call Option Contracts?

In part 2 and part 3 of “Intro To Option Trading”, you can see that you can trade options just like stocks, which is buying low and selling high the option contracts themselves. Another term on this is called making money from the spread or the difference in the premium values.

Option Trading Glossary – Section A

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Before I move on to the “Intro To Option Trading – Part 4″ here is a glossary of the option trading terms that we have covered so far. I have tried to keep the language as simple and less technical as I can, so it will help individuals who are new to options trading.

Sold 100 Shares of Tiffany Stock Yesterday – Let’s Examine This Trade

Friday, February 9th, 2007

by Das Brain

Yesterday, I sold off my 100 shares in Tiffany & Co. you know the upscale department store that sells all that fancy jewelry and gifts. Ya them, Tiffany & Co’s stock symbol TIF is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and I researched the company’s fundamentals and analyzed the trends, charts back in June 2006.