Okay, I’m not going to miss the boat on this trade.  So, check these averages for buying Natural Gas in February, as listed in the 2012 Stock Trader’s Almanac: I don’t normally use the Stock Trader’s Almanac, but an old coworker put me onto it about 5-6 years ago.  The biggest thing that I took away from the Almanac is the seasonality / cyclical trends.  Basically, the idea is that certain sectors do better than other sectors during the year. …

2011 was a good year on most fronts.  My business did pretty good, my secondary incomes did pretty good, I beat the S&P, my golf game improved a little bit, made some money playing live and online poker, and didn’t lose that much in sportsbetting and casino play.  Of course, there’s always room for improvement, but overall, I was happy with how the year ended. Most people who have been reading this blog for a while now, know that my …

Man, it’s been over a month since my last update. I guess I’ve been pretty busy since then. What’s happened since then? Watched the entire season 3 of American Pickers Watched the seasons 1, 2, 3 of The League Turned 35 years old Made it to the finals of my Fantasy Football league Played 8 rounds of golf Worked pretty hard on my gift exchange site Did a lot of Christmas shopping I guess it doesn’t seem like much after …

Oh man, it’s been a long time since I posted a blog.  Mainly because the stock market has shot higher, with the exception of the stocks that I sold in my last post.  Since I sold my UNG (natty gas etf), it’s gone down over 15% or $1,500 because I had 1,500 shares short.  Also ETFC, Etrade Bank, has gone down over 2 points, or 20%.  I had 1,000 shares…that’s another $2k. Ugghh. Here’s what I’m holding now: -750 SBUX …