Nancy B. KingThoughts about Investing in Common Stocks and Living Life in an Ordinary Way(Untitled)- March 31, 2008 Culture Last Night I crawled out of my baggy jeans, put on my black skirt, my "Bad Girls of the North" tapestry jacket, and my Fluevog heels and went with L to the Anchorage Symphony. The Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4 with Darrel Kincade as soloist was definitely worth going to hear. Darrel Kincade can not only play the French horn but can also get high kids to make music. After retiring from the military, he went back to school and obtained a degree in music education. Under his direction in..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/03/30.html#a641 (Untitled)- March 29, 2008 Cut Your Losses I've created the following for a When to Sell ("Why Sell") presentation. I keep trying to bring reality into facing losses and doing something about them other than using the four little words---It Will Come Back. Take the loss, free up the capital, and buy a stock that is trending up! Drop this Percentage (example: $70 stock) This percentage to Come Back 7% ($4.90 drop; stock price becomes $65.10) 7.52% ($65.10 stock requires a $4.89.http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/03/29.html#a640 (Untitled)- March 11, 2008 Appalled I was appalled yesterday when the reality of Medicare coverage clashed with my ethics of "paying my own way." I had gone for my quick yearly checkup to get my prescription renewed. When I was ready to leave, the Nurse Practitioner went with me to the billing person to be sure the correct box was checked so they would be paid. We had the billing person check last year's form. She had used the Check Up box. Medicare had denied coverage. Because Medicare denied coverage, my Teacher..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/03/11.html#a639 (Untitled)- March 10, 2008 An Interesting Statistic According to the IBD here, we need to create 130,000 new jobs each month to keep up with the people entering the workforce. Does that mean actual newly created jobs Does it mean job vacancies that require hiring to fill Does it mean net 130,000 new jobs At first that seemed like a large number, month after month. However, I guess that's not so many. When I stop to think about all the businesses in Anchorage as well all across the U.S., it only requires 130,000 to...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/03/09.html#a638 (Untitled)- March 8, 2008 Yuk Time in Alaska The rest of the world has Spring. Ours is called Breakup. We are in the midst of it, at least for a while; maybe there will be a bit of fresh-snow relief one of these days. Currently, the only bare ground showing is around the base of trees, so the trash has not yet started to bloom. We have a long way to go. The walking streets and trails are a sheet of ice with a film of water. Everything is so Dirty. Everyone's car is a mud brown ball rolling down the street and through..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/03/08.html#a637 (Untitled)- March 4, 2008 Non-Profits I spent from mid-morning to late afternoon in a non-profit Board strategic planning meeting with an excellent facilitator from Foraker Group. Number of Non-Profits in Alaska Alaska has close to 6,000 non-profits (only about 600 are churches). There is 1 non-profit for every 77 people in Alaska. In Alaska 11 percent of the population works in non-profits, nationally it is 7 percent. In Alaska non-profits are a $2.4B business. Where Do Non-Profits Obtain Their...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/03/04.html#a636 |