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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

 

An Apple for Everyone, Part 3

Well, did you do it yet? If you read my blog from February about Apple (part 2) you would know how I feel about the company. Go back and read it right now to refresh your memory. Now let me get one thing straight... I am not an investment counsellor, and I do not make my living that way. I am a writer! But just like you, I do like to make money.

So if you read my posting in February and happened to buy some Apple stock, you would have already made over 10%! That's right, in rough numbers, when I posted in February, AAPL was sitting at 85. Right now as I write this, it's at 95.

As far as I can tell, this is an unbelievable company and they are doing some great marketing for their products. We haven't seen anything yet! I believe the stock will continue to go up. As I said before, just walk into any Apple store and you will see what I mean.

As a disclaimer, please realize again that I am not an investment advisor. If you buy Apple stock, you may lose money. Do it at your own risk. I probably don't know any more about stocks than you do. But the thing I do know is I can tell when a company is good and that's pretty damn important when making an investment!

See you very soon!

Sunday, April 15, 2007

 

I Swear I Was About to Write Something Else!

OK, picture this. I am sitting in one of my favorite restaurants in Delray Beach. I am just about ready to get started writing a great post for Dave’s Weekly Feed, but somehow my attention is being totally diverted.

You see, just about when I was really beginning to have faith in humanity, when I was thinking that most people have somewhat of a brain, I can’t help but overhear a conversation at another table, which is diagonal to me.

Here is the scene. There are people sitting at the table with menus in hand. While they are figuring out what to order, they are having a conversation. Before I tell you what the conversation is about, let me describe the people.

There are two couples, one of which is probably in their sixties, and the other one appears to be mid-forties. I have a feeling they may be parents, son, and daughter in-law. But I can’t be sure.

I kind of came in in the middle of the conversation, but I hear the fortyish guy (Forty) talking about how his business should be growing this year. Then the conversation switches to Canada. Forty says he’s never been to Canada but since he’s going to be in Maine soon, he wants to go into Canada.

Father (Sixty) then asks Forty if he has a passport. Forty says no. Forty’s wife chimes in to let everyone at the table (actually everyone in the restaurant) know that she has a passport. Forty then says he has a birth certificate and asks if that is enough to get him into Canada. Sixty says no, you will need a passport.

Then Forty asks if Canada is close to Maine. Sixty says “Not really, you either have to drive down and around or just take a ferry across the water to get into Canada.” (I am still not sure what body of water Sixty was referring to that separates Maine from Canada). Forty again asks if he definitely needs a passport, and Sixty says “yes, why don’t you just get one, they are good for ten years.”

Forty comes up with a great idea. He says he’s going to tell “them” (I believe he meant the Canadian border patrol officers) that all he wants to do is come in for a little while to “look around.”

OK Mr. Genius Forty. “Come on into our country and have a little look around. Just promise us that you won’t stay too long, OK???” You look honest. We trust you.

Then the really great idea comes out. Forty says, “Well, maybe I’ll just drive into Canada. If I’m in my car, I can drive across the border and no one will say anything.”

This was such a revelation. Forty figured out how to get into another country without having to present any documentation. Just drive in!!!! Wow.

Friends and readers, I’ll be back next time with what I was going to say today... that is, if I can remember! But for now, excuse me... I'm going to drive into Cuba. Is Cuba close to Florida?

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