Nancy B. KingThoughts about Investing in Common Stocks and Living Life in an Ordinary Way(Untitled)- May 27, 2008 Memorial Day My deepest sympathy and gratitude for all that has been done and has been given--those who have given the ultimate gift--that I can go about my mundane, everyday activities in peace and security. You have given YOUR ALL to all Americans, equally, even those who malign who you are and what you do. You have given your life so they have the right to protest against you.http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/26.html#a653 (Untitled)- May 24, 2008 Top Stocks from Top Winners in the Ten Largest Stock Market Game Programs in the U.S. The national office of the Stock Market Game compiled a list of the top 10 performing stocks from the 10 largest SMG programs (CA, FL, GA, IL, MA, NJ, NY, PA, VA, TX). The article below is found on TheStreet.com through the support of Jim Cramer. The Stock Market Game's Top 10 Stocks of Spring 2008 051908 - 06:16 PM EDT CXP DAIEY MA POT RIMM (The Telecom Connection PICK) V X The Stock Market Game..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/23.html#a652 (Untitled)- May 20, 2008 Summer, Baseball, and The Mariners Things could be worse. The leaves are 10 days late coming out, but we are finally green, even though it's a bit cool--still in the mid 50's. It is perhaps spring, but not yet summer. And our baseball team, the Mariners---things could be worse. Actually, I thought they were the worst in all baseball (only 18 wins) and had one of the highest payrolls. Okay, now for the facts: They have the 2nd worst record in the American League. They are tied with the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/20.html#a651 (Untitled)- May 18, 2008 Arctic Shipping and Global Warming I am attending Commonwealth North's current study group about global warming and the Arctic Circle countries (the U.SAlaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia). This week's presentation was by Lawson W. Brigham(check him out; and people like this live in Alaska, which is sometimes called the "backwater of the world"!), Alaska Office Director of the U. S. Arctic Research Commission. He discussed the Arctic Marine Shipping...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/17.html#a650 (Untitled)- May 15, 2008 Stock Market Game Winners The Stock Market Game ended a couple of weeks ago. The 1st Place Overall and the 1st Place Middle School portfolio management team was Team ZZ61 from Mitkof Middle School in Petersburg. They competed against 54 teams within Alaska---adults, individual high school students, and high school, middle school and elementary school teams. Congratulations!! Even though we had a difficult market between January 14th and April 25th, Team ZZ61 made $13,349 by investing their...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/15.html#a649 (Untitled)- May 8, 2008 Northrim Bank Annual Meeting I went to Northrim's annual meeting the other morning---sweet rolls, bagels, orange juice, several very good presentations, and record attendance. The bulleted items below are some of the highlights from my notes. The Bank Their net income was down on higher provisions for loan losses Their stock price has undergone a 34% decline They acquired Alaska First Bank and Trust They have a new branch in Fairbanks Deposits are slowly increasing Loans are...http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/08.html#a648 (Untitled)- May 7, 2008 The Relationship Between the Price of Crude and the Price of Gasoline A barrel of crude makes 42 gallons of gasoline. If the price of crude goes up $10, the price of gasoline will go up $0.24. $1042 = $0.238 If the price of gasoline goes up faster than this, oil companies are exercising some market power and not just passing the increase on to consumers.http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/06.html#a647 (Untitled)- May 5, 2008 Hot Topic: What's Up With Gas Prices This came from the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE). I thought it of interest. (The internal bold emphasis is mine.) Student Reading: On April 14th 2008, the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline reached a new all-time, inflation-adjusted high of $3.37. But people are driving less and oil supplies are increasing! Decreasing demand and increasing supply should lower the price of gasoline; so why are gas prices rising Is it the..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/05.html#a646 (Untitled)- May 4, 2008 I have completed combining, organizing, and editing two of the Slingerland textbooks to create one new Slingerland teaching guide. Here is the copy of the inside page I had framed. It reads: THE SLINGERLAND MULTISENSORY APPROACH: A Practical Guide to Teaching Reading, Writing and Spelling Based on the following books by Beth H. Slingerland: A Multi-Sensory Approach to Language Arts for Specific Language Disability Children: A Guide for Primary Teachers Basics in Scope and Sequence of..http://radio.weblogs.com/0109493/2008/05/04.html#a645 |