Bender Trust starts at 9:30 tonight. I’m just putting on the finishing touches of the report right now. It looks pretty good so far. I think we’ll do well. Look for another post tonight to see how it went. Tweet This Post
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Posted in Investing
Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD)
April 20th, 2006
I actually wanted to buy stock in this company but it was simply too expensive and I would not have been able to achieve diversification with the number of shares I would have accumalated. Middleby is the stock we’ve picked for the Bender Trust competition. Here are some reasons why we like this stock:...
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Posted in Entrepreneurship
On Experimenting
April 19th, 2006
I’ve been thinkin about what sort of crazy entrepreneurial experiment I should hold for a while know. Some of those that intrigue me the most as to what I will be able to learn include the following: Curb painting (I hear this is a real money maker with high demand) Mowing lawns (I know…yawn...
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Bender Trust meeting
April 18th, 2006
I just got back from tonight’s Bender Trust meeting (http://www.libor.rutgers.edu/bender.html). Bender Trust is an event held as part of the Little Investment Bankers of Rutgers (LIBOR) organization at my University. The competition, if you will, consists of picking a stock and presenting it to Bender Trust portfolio manager Mr. Francfort, expressing why you think...
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Posted in Everyday
On the cheap…
April 17th, 2006
As you can see, being a student let alone being an early entrepreneur takes a huge toll on the wallet. Although this is true, obviously I still see college as a worthwhile investment. Nevertheless, we all have had times as students where we’ve had to go on the cheap. So I’m curious as to...
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Posted in Personal Finance
Cash Allocation
April 17th, 2006
Just thought it’d be a good idea for me to keep track of where my money is: Emigrant-Direct 4.25% American Dream Savings Account $101.67 BofA Primary Checking $44.44 BofA Regular Savings $300.82 PayPal Balance $22.00 Total: $468.93 Other variable assets: Stocks~$1000 Liabilities Student Loans $8000 Credit Card paid off in full each month-$0 If...
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Posted in Miscellaneous
The MetroNap
April 16th, 2006
Coming soon to an airport near you. I’m just about to head out to JFK airport and remembered about an article I had read about MetroNaps. The company provides napping “pods” where tired travellers at locations such as airports can take a quick 20-minute nap for $12 and $4 for each additional 10 minutes....
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Posted in Entrepreneurship
Experimenting
April 14th, 2006
I think one of the biggest parts of entrepreneurship is experimenting. It doesn’t even have to be something big…just something that will be enough to learn something from. For example, a blogging friend of mine ran a bottled water experiment where he bought cases of Dasani bottled water, got a cooler, gathered some bums...
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College…
April 13th, 2006
I recently read that the number of people going to college has increased tremendously while at the same time the average salary of college graduates has dropped for the first time. Nevertheless, the average salary of high school graduates has increased. Combine this with the increasing costs of going to college as average tuition...
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Posted in Miscellaneous
New Digital Camera
April 13th, 2006
Just got myself a new digital camera off of ebay. It’s the samsung digimax a402…nothing big just for casual use. Here’s what it looks like: It’s about time considering I’ve been using this huge Kodak 3.1 MP for a while Tweet This Post
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