I bought PFE for my youngest daughter. Can't remember what price, but I know it just dropped and dropped after I bought, and I haven't even bothered to look at what her investment is worth for years :(

One of the hardest things to do is seek investment opportunities when the market is tanking / tanked - the only reason my net worth has passed the pre-crash amount is staying the course.

You and me both! We need to hire icurhere2 and trustguy to give us investment advice :D:D:D

Interestingly, when I joined my company, I was required to buy shares of my employer when I was appointed on BOD of bank. Our compliance wouldn't approve it, and it needed to go to the head of the company to get approved. :eek: I really didn't want to enter with anyone noticing...

icurhere2 is not a financial advisor or financial planner.

Trustguy only deals with the dead...

I continue to invest regularly. I have one of those programs at Sharebuilder.com where you put a certain $$ amount per month into the account and it buys fractions of shares. I've done that for years, and even when the market tanked, I continued to do it.

I'm fairly conservative in what I invest in - I have JNJ and QQQQ as the main investments. They are both showing on the plus side, which is good.

I hate the fact that the 529 plans we have for our daughters are both still in minus territory compared with what we have actually invested in phsyical $$.

Plus, given that we live in a very high cost area of the country, and our cost of living expenses are high, we don't have a lot of disposable income to invest. But, we always max out Mr.Brits 401K, and my SEP plans, and do our best!

There is a curling club in NJ - I forget where, Central somewhere.

If you want the drink slightly less potent, you can ask for the Blood Light, which is what drips from Deltalina's fangs.

That's really funny. ^^

fozz, rolov, alisinna, Shannon, and myself walked past the Al Bundy shoe shop in Frankfurt while on the way to that restaurant that we had a fantastic dinner at that I did not catch the name of.

I read one of his books and was not impressed.

Check TMZ.com - they have mug shots of him after he got busted for solicitation...those shots make him look creepy with an espresso shot on top. :eek:

I wouldn't mind that at all if serving on the Board - I would never want to be like a certain Berkshire director who holds only 10 Class B shares.

don't care about either..... you both seem to know what you are talking about, so I'll listen :D:D:D

You guys only deal with post counts. We're good with that. :p

Buffett still loves JNJ, so I don't need to do much research on that one. ^

Depends on your travel habits. I don't think the program favors those on longer stays staying at business-traveler heavy hotels during peak times (weekdays).

For the leisure Plat, it's a stellar program. Batting 1.000 from my recent trip. very nice suite upgrades received at:

W Istanbul
Hotel Kämp
Sheraton Stockholm
W Chicago City Center

I also like the ability to book suites outright with points. At some hotels, even specialty suites are sometimes priced at a small premium over standard rooms (instead of double the points, more like a ~2,500 point/night premium). Worked out to my advantage at the Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa. Massive Suite for only 2,500 more points per night than a standard room. ^^^

:eek::eek: I didn't know he had been busted for solicitation. I always said that he looked like the type of person who might be picked up for pedophilia or something .... yeugh!

Hyatt, Starwood and death are really all I know. Tonight was in my wheel house! :cool: