Archive for the 'Just for fun' Category

List of interesting ETF tickers

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Here are the tickers of some ETFs which I found particularly interesting or meaningful :
BIL — SPDR Lehman 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF.
BND — Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF.
CUT — Claymore / Clear Global Timber ETF. You wanna CUT down a tree?
GLD — Gold ETF streetTRACKS Gold Shares.
KOL — Coal ETF.
LQD — iShares iBoxx Invest Grade […]

Merry Christmas!

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

I received some information about the history of the Christmas holiday with my recent phone bill. I thought it was very interesting and would like to share it with everyone. Enjoy!
In the 4th century church officials decided to institute the birth of Jesus as a holiday. Since the date of His birth is not pinpointed […]

State of California can’t find Steve Jobs?

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Here’s one very interesting article I read today:
Can someone please help the state of California find Steve Jobs?
State Controller John Chiang is holding $443.81 in insurance payments and other funds that belong to the Apple chieftain - plus three shares of IBM and one share of Time Warner in his name.
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