A couple months ago I opened a position in Activision Blizzard (ATVI). Blizzard is the Pixar of the gaming industry. All of their games are blockbusters. The most notable title World of Warcraft collects $15/month from their millions and millions of players. I got interested in the stock after...

These folks emailed us and they have some decent finance calculators on their site: Ultimate Calculators I found the loan application one particularly interesting... haven't seen that one before. Cheers!

I said previously that I would maintain a wiki and blog at the same time. That way with the wiki you get a good overall view of things, and the blog are thoughts from the moment. Well… That did not work out so well. My blog went downhill, and so did my wiki. I got nowhere! Then I decided to look...

[](http://www.crunchbase.com/company/google)I still own a few shares of GOOG. It's felt overpriced recently, but I'm holding onto a minimal amount at all times and trying to add more over time. So I'm hoping the price drops a bunch so I can pick up more cheaply. Do a search here for GOOG for my...

At the beginning of May I said that the Greek demonstrations would drop off dramatically. Of course nobody listened… What has happened? Oh yeah the Greek demonstrations have dropped off dramatically. So why did this happen? It is because the English speaking media does not understand mainland...

Wow sell sell sell…  Why? Because Germany introduced a ban on naked short selling? > Germany will ban so-called naked short-selling from midnight, a lawmaker with the ruling Christian Democratic Union told Dow Jones Newswires. He added that Chancellor Angela Merkel will announce the plan in her...

I find the article from one of Germany’s biggest tabloid very interesting. It asks does Germany need the Euro? Would Germany not rather have the Deutsch Mark back? First in this time of crisis I find it interesting that Germans are split 50-50 about the Deutsch Mark. You would figure that more...

Greece and Turkey have met and begun the process of building ties between their two countries. Let me tell you a bit about this situation since my father was living and working in Boursa Turkey. Athens and Greece have been enemies for a very long time. This dates back 400 years or more, back to the...

I have no idea if I caused this, but it is interesting to think about. First let’s look at the article and you will see what happened. > He said an earlier rumor that France's credit rating could be in jeopardy accelerated the selloff in the euro, as it added to the markets' contagion fears. > >...

I know I am going to hear a lot about the naysayers… BUT look at the following article, Greece and Turkey have called a truce. They have both agreed to a massive reduction in military budgets and increased trade between the two countries. > Die griechische Schuldenkrise ermöglicht eine historische...