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Nearly 1 year ago, on December 13, 2006, I bought some OXPS. It went down, I bought more. Today, it hit my target price and I sold my initial investment, pocketing 30 shares as my profit.

If you search this blog for OXPS, you’ll see I’ve talked about them a few times in the past. I was sold on this stock, and it paid off. However, it now rates a -8.3741 on the NetNagel Stock Index. Time to get out!

Look at the post where I told you about OXPS, PRAA, TIVO and IRBT - each one of them has given me 33% and I’ve sold 3 of them already, pocketing the profits. (I’ve got a 10% trailing stop order on Tivo now, as I’m trying a new strategy - more on that after Tivo sells, but it’s up 44.07% for me so far)

So from the principle that I’ve gotten back, I averaged-down GPIC. They rate 97.0948 on my stock index, and after being down a few times present a great buying opportunity today. I’ve got enough cash in my IRA to either average-down another pick, or open a new position. Still undecided.

This entry was posted by Eric on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 2:25 pm and is filed under Finance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Remember when I suggested Google hire me as their Director of Common Sense?

Well today I logged in to Picasa and saw:

Integration with Google image search results
Get more exposure for the public albums you’re currently sharing on Picasa Community Search. Now, public albums from users with ‘Public Search’ enabled may also be included in Google image search results.

Google, you’re welcome. No need to pay me - I’ll accept stock or small trinkets.

This entry was posted by Eric on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 2:43 pm and is filed under Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

I finally got some good video of my lights this year!

Of course, I’m using the Mr. Christmas Lights & Sounds of Christmas with an FM Transmitter. There are 6 channels with 4,186 total lights on the house. The lights are on from 6-9 each night, although we usually turn them on closer to 5, and won’t turn them off if there are cars outside watching the lights.

I also have some nice photos, which I’ve uploaded to the gallery - check them out!

Once you’ve seen the lights, if you like them, please vote for me at Bronners!

This entry was posted by Eric on Friday, December 7th, 2007 at 8:42 am and is filed under Christmas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

All the news I read & listen to today is about the plan by Bush (and others) to help borrowers with their subprime mortgages. However, the plan, as I understand it, is to simply freeze rate hikes for 5 years.

How does this fix the problem? Isn’t it just delaying the problem?

This entry was posted by Eric on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 8:55 am and is filed under Finance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

I realized a problem that I’ve caused with this year’s light display. As I drove down the street on the way home from Cub Scouts, there was a car blocking my driveway. So I pulled over, and then another car pulled over. They weren’t going anywhere, so I drove around & looked at other lights.

When I came back, there was a different car in front of my house, and 2 people in the driveway. Luckily, they moved when they saw I wanted to get in. Looks like the light display and sign really helped gather attention this year.

This entry was posted by Eric on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 at 8:42 pm and is filed under Christmas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

This entry was posted by Eric on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 at 4:52 pm and is filed under Family. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.