CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge
It’s too bad DNDN wasn’t a tradeable stock in the challenge:
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Posted on March 31, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Sports Column
Posted on March 31, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Column Published
My latest column on the Twins, where I preview the team for the season is available here. Kudos to the Bleacher editors for getting that column up post haste.
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Posted on March 30, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Twins Podcast
Available here. It’s go time, the season starts for the Twins on Monday and all the roster moves have pretty much been made. The Twins went with an extra catcher in the 25th roster spot rather than a 12th pitcher or Josh Rabe. I tell you, I’d hate to have to [...]
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Nick Johnson, TTM Success
Posted on March 29, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Got Washington Nationals first basemen Nick Johnson in the mail today, he signed 1/2 cards (and kept one of the cards) c/o Nationals spring training.
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Posted on March 29, 2007 by Marty Andrade
CNBC Portfolio Challenge
One of my portfolios surged into the top 1% of portfolios this week, CMGI was the pick and it was up about 30% at one point. Still, none of my other portfolios have lost any money and the 11 stocks I would have personally put my money into as speculation (including CMGI) [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Whoa…
If you are not prepared to march on the Capitol building and start hurling rocks, I understand. But why didn’t all these protestors go sit on the tracks of the light rail, arms locked, refusing to move? Because they didn’t want to be arrested? Because they didn’t want to be late for class? Because they [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Random Link o’ the Day:
http://www.jimbotalk.net/
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TTM Successes, Wooden, Ballingall
Posted on March 27, 2007 by Marty Andrade
-John Wooden, HOF UCLA Basketball Coach, Signed 1/1 cards I sent him as well he included a signed notecard and a signed businesscard for the johnrwoodencourse.com. Three total signatures.
-Chris Ballingall, AAGPBL signed 2/2 index cards I sent her as well she included one of her own baseball cards which was also signed by her [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2007 by Marty Andrade
Slobs are more Productive
Neat freaks beware:
“A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder,” by Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman, a new book that argues neatness is overrated, costs money, wastes time and quashes creativity.
“We think that being more organized and ordered and neat is a good thing and it turns out, that’s not always [...]
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