Posted on September 29, 2008 by Adrian Bashford
I have been investing heavily in AAPL lately because it appeared to be at a fantastic discount. I also speculated that the negative sentiment about the economy wasn’t going to have a material impact on AAPL’s bottom line because I felt much of their products fell into the ‘comfort purchase’ category (like music, iPods, etc.) [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2008 by Adrian Bashford
I have been on the sidelines of the stock market for some time, riding out this massive downturn. Even though the market in general looks like a pretty nasty place, Apple has fallen back into my buying range again (~$145). I picked some up late Friday at $148.
My rationale is that there was [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by Adrian Bashford
I really get annoyed when I hear somebody at the end of a sporting event ‘thanking god’ or ‘praising jesus’ for helping them win the game… what, did you pray HARDER than your opposition? I could go on, but Kathy Griffin did such a brilliant job, I would much rather let her do it [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2008 by Adrian Bashford
I recently signed up to a new Audible.com gold account which allowed me to buy expensive audiobooks cheaply, which justified me picking up the two massively tomes ‘Fountainhead’ and ‘Atlas Shrugged’ by Ayn Rand.
The two books, which I bought unabridged, totalled 80 hours of reading time which has kept me busy for the last couple [...]
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