I'm A Dow Jones Junkie!

Ken-L · 07-02-2010, 11:42 AM

My money is managed by an investment company (Registered Investment Advisor) so I don't do any buying or selling on my own. But the first thing I do when I get up in the morning is to check the DJI! I keep an eye on it all day long.

I know I shouldn't. But I can't help myself! And worse, it sets my "mood" for the day. So, lately I've not been in a particularly good mood.

JDtech · 07-02-2010, 11:43 AM

Oh, indeed. I'm sure you're not alone. The entire mood of the U.S., and probably elsewhere, is highly influenced by the "state" of the stock market. It's a sickness, you might say.

Jon Foster · 07-03-2010, 10:34 AM

I don't do any trading any more. When I was a kid I started playing in the market thanks to my mom and some money a grandfather left me. I did pretty well until I stopped when I was in my early 20's. Since then I haven't done much of anything with exception of loosing a ton of cash through a employer managed program.

Heck, I honestly wouldn't even know how to start again.

Jon.

JDtech · 07-03-2010, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon Foster

Heck, I honestly wouldn't even know how to start again.

Jon.

Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.

Jon Foster · 07-03-2010, 11:39 AM

Jon.

Sidebyte · 07-04-2010, 09:32 PM

For 16 years I was the Pres./CEO of my own NASDAQ traded company. I sold the company when I retired to South America and really pay very little attention to the market now. I enjoy not working 16 hours and day, 365 days a year.
Now it's like "Sunday on the farm, nothing to do and all day to do it in".

Bodryn · 07-19-2010, 10:07 PM

I have an interesting sidebar to this: I've noticed that when the DOW is down, the Canadian dollar is also down, which means my American dollars are worth more in Canada. They say the Canadian economy is the fastest to recover from the "recession", and the Canadian dollar will do better in the long term. And Canadians seem far more relaxed about life than Americans these days....

Ken-L · 07-19-2010, 11:31 PM

I should take another trip to Canada then. I've been often and meet with some photographers I know on Vanouver Island; Sydney and Nanaimo, and elsewhere.

Sidebyte · 07-20-2010, 12:32 PM

Relaxed is certainly an apt description for Vancouver. I lived in Vancouver for a year in 1984 when I formed my publically traded company on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, later transferred to NASDAQ.
Vancouver is a truly lovely city, Stanley Park, the aquarium, Gastown and the financial district is very important to Western Canada even if perhaps a bit questionable considering it is "self regulated" by the exchange itself.

Bodryn · 07-20-2010, 09:23 PM

The sad thing now is that crime is running rampant in cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg. Gangs of kids rush an elderly couple, throw them to the ground, take everything they have on them, and leave them sometimes badly injured. My wife lived in Vancouver and N. Vancouver for some ten years and still doesn't quite get the problem. And Winnipeg, which I once considered the nicest city in N. America, now has the highest crime rate in Canada and I believe the highest homicide rate. I don't get how this happened.

07-02-2010, 11:42 AM	#1
Ken-L Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 150	I'm A Dow Jones Junkie! My money is managed by an investment company (Registered Investment Advisor) so I don't do any buying or selling on my own. But the first thing I do when I get up in the morning is to check the DJI! I keep an eye on it all day long. I know I shouldn't. But I can't help myself! And worse, it sets my "mood" for the day. So, lately I've not been in a particularly good mood. __________________ Members don't see ads in threads. Register your free account today and become a member on Tech Today Online, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more. __________________ "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - Bukowski

07-19-2010, 10:07 PM	#7
Bodryn Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minnesota; Manitoba Posts: 90	I have an interesting sidebar to this: I've noticed that when the DOW is down, the Canadian dollar is also down, which means my American dollars are worth more in Canada. They say the Canadian economy is the fastest to recover from the "recession", and the Canadian dollar will do better in the long term. And Canadians seem far more relaxed about life than Americans these days.... __________________ Bodryn ======== "Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?"

07-19-2010, 11:31 PM	#8
Ken-L Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 150	I should take another trip to Canada then. I've been often and meet with some photographers I know on Vanouver Island; Sydney and Nanaimo, and elsewhere. __________________ "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - Bukowski

07-20-2010, 12:32 PM	#9
Sidebyte Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Medellin, Colombia Posts: 62	Relaxed is certainly an apt description for Vancouver. I lived in Vancouver for a year in 1984 when I formed my publically traded company on the Vancouver Stock Exchange, later transferred to NASDAQ. Vancouver is a truly lovely city, Stanley Park, the aquarium, Gastown and the financial district is very important to Western Canada even if perhaps a bit questionable considering it is "self regulated" by the exchange itself. __________________ "Give up, I never gave up but my horse did, I think he's pulling a milk wagon in St. Louis" Chief Dan George

07-20-2010, 09:23 PM	#10
Bodryn Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Minnesota; Manitoba Posts: 90	Canada Crime Problems The sad thing now is that crime is running rampant in cities like Vancouver and Winnipeg. Gangs of kids rush an elderly couple, throw them to the ground, take everything they have on them, and leave them sometimes badly injured. My wife lived in Vancouver and N. Vancouver for some ten years and still doesn't quite get the problem. And Winnipeg, which I once considered the nicest city in N. America, now has the highest crime rate in Canada and I believe the highest homicide rate. I don't get how this happened. __________________ Bodryn ======== "Where are we going? And why are we in this handbasket?"

07-02-2010, 11:43 AM	#2
JDtech Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 308 Blog Entries: 1	Oh, indeed. I'm sure you're not alone. The entire mood of the U.S., and probably elsewhere, is highly influenced by the "state" of the stock market. It's a sickness, you might say.

07-03-2010, 10:34 AM	#3
Jon Foster Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: White Lake, MI Posts: 149	I don't do any trading any more. When I was a kid I started playing in the market thanks to my mom and some money a grandfather left me. I did pretty well until I stopped when I was in my early 20's. Since then I haven't done much of anything with exception of loosing a ton of cash through a employer managed program. Heck, I honestly wouldn't even know how to start again. Jon.

07-03-2010, 11:39 AM	#5
Jon Foster Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: White Lake, MI Posts: 149	Jon.

07-04-2010, 09:32 PM	#6
Sidebyte Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Medellin, Colombia Posts: 62	For 16 years I was the Pres./CEO of my own NASDAQ traded company. I sold the company when I retired to South America and really pay very little attention to the market now. I enjoy not working 16 hours and day, 365 days a year. Now it's like "Sunday on the farm, nothing to do and all day to do it in".

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