Apple's most important conference

There is no doubt today's conference will be the most important conference in Apple's history. It will be even bigger than the 2007 Keynote when Steve Jobs revealed the first iPhone.

Apple would either win over its fan base's heart or break them. And every other companies are watching to see how Apple could pull off in the face of such a PR nightmare. 

Warren Buffet's word on how to handle disaster is very refreshing: get the facts out and get them out quickly. (You really need to read his testimony before the Congress on the Solomon Brother's scandal to appreciate it.)  It is amazing that after all these years no one seems to be able to grasp this simple concept. American people (and maybe just the human being) are very forgiving as long as you admit your wrong doing and admit the wrong doing sincerely, show remorse and put together a plan to prevent it from happening again.

Omni-communication

Is human being wired to or capable of handling an omni-communication life style?
How much information is too much information?

I mean do I really need to follow my friend's activity on Facebook and Twitter? Do I really need to check CNN for break news once every 5 minutes?

SLOW DOWN A BIT

A few good men

I always like this movie. But lately I have come to like the following line by Capt. Jack Ross more and more. On the scene at the bar he told Kaffee: "I represent the government of United States without passion and prejudice, and my client has a case." I like the way that he refers to the government of United States as his client. What kind of government it is that it could be referred to just as a client.

This piece of opinion by Thomas Friedman regarding the spy case "The Spies Who Loved Us" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/opinion/14friedman.html?_r=1&hp is very interesting. I would just add to that whenever the Russia government could be referred to by an attorney as a client then they are moving in the right direction.

A worried sign in the States that has been developing over the past year is the government think that it could do no wrong, and that given it more power that it could do more good. And I have a very simple argument to it: no matter. I just don't want the government gets into my face. No matter whether they could do better or worse in the short term. We are almost 100% certain that it would do great harm in a long term.

About nothing?

Maybe you are too young to remember "Seinfeld". In that case you should go on line or go to Netflix and rent some to watch over the weekend.
George Costanza was intrigued by the idea of a show about nothing would be watched by many people because it was on TV. I think it is a good darn clever for Seinfeld to declare what it wants to do like that. A sitcom about how the sitcom becomes what it is.
So I changed the blog title to A Blog About Nothing. Hopefully by not setting a topic we would be free to discuss everything, trivial or important current affairs. Bear with me here cause I haven't really figured out what I want to take this blog to yet. Nevertheless A Blog About Nothing is very fitting.

Exciting Events

Life could seem boring at some point

That is why I just added a description to this blog. It has been a while since I setup this blog and posted the first thought about the 2007 stock market. I find it is pretty interesting in re-reading that post. I would even say that it is fascinating that I was thinking looking deeply into the market at that time. It seems somehow I was able to recall the memory with the blog.

That would be the point of the blog. To record some history. My own history as the way I live through it. I hope by stumping upon this blog it would raise your interest into doing the same: recording your own history. maybe you have a blog already and write blogs on a daily basis, great. maybe you "have" a blog but rarely touch it. maybe you don't have a blog yet. no matter, start one then and work on it. If you could keep doing it for say 3 months and then looking back, you won't be disappointed and you would find that you achieve something. Maybe these blogs would pave a way for you to different career path, different live perspective etc.

So long for now. And I will keep writing blogs on a daily basis for the next 3 months. Wish u could join me and do the same thing.

Small investors?

Can small investors beat the market?

1. What exactly is the "market"? Is it that special?

2. Small investor could move more nimble than bigger ones, together with low transaction cost thanks to the discount brokers.

3. So there is a great chance by small investors to beat the market

4. Do set your goal to high though.

5. Say 65% of your money would still go the traditional way of investing. You could follow the ETF portfolio guide from Seeking Alpha to build it out with super low cost. (http://www.seekingalpha.com)

6. That leave 35% for you to play with.