Thursday, November 20, 2008

Is this an ordinary crash? the picture will tell


Looking at the Dow Jones Industrial Average graph for the past 10 years, I can tell how badly the market is hit. The damage is just too fast too furious. Is this the lifetime chance for you to accumulate low priced gems? or the lifetime chance for you to commit suicide? Only the future can tell you are a moron or a hero. Of course you can also choose as a bystander. The common sense will tell it's not yet bottom, dude, not yet. But does market makes any sense at all in past?

Quote from cnn: Since peaking at an all-time closing high of 1,565.15 on Oct. 9, 2007, the S&P 500 has lost 52%. The Dow has lost nearly 47% since closing at an all-time high of 14,164.53 on the same day. Since hitting a bull market high of 2,859.12 on Oct. 31, 2007, the Nasdaq has lost 54%.

Whilst I feel sorry for my loss, at least I can console myself, at least I am still fare better than those figure. What a good way to deceive my own self :) As a friend of mine always loathe this is a way of self denial when somebody mention the term "paper loss"...

only time can tell, only time can tell...

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box

I am intrigued by this phrase and added it to my laptop desktop screen. For me, it means believe in yourself, your life belong to yourself and not other people. This phrase will be useful every time you feel belittled by setback in the life.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Viewing in browser

One thing i do like about Firefox is the full screen viewing with the "F11" shortcut. It's really save a lot of precious screen space by removing the space-cluttering toolbar and menu.




Furthermore, coupling with the zoom in and zoom out features with Ctrl + Middle Mouse Wheel, it really makes browsing a breeze experience. For some IT folks like me spending hours in front of the monitor every day, I found these are the two techniques i use quite frequent.



Enough said, I still feel staring so long on the monitor is really spoil my eyesight. Anyone with the similar plight want to share their experience?