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Recently I do feel guilty to those readers of Geek In Finance as I am unable to update the blog as frequently as I would like to due to my work and exam commitment. However, be rest assured that your effort in browsing through Geek In Finance is definitely worthwhile because starting from today, I…
2011/03/01 – Home sicked
Today I was home, sicked. And obviously with the job I have, stay-at-home day quickly becomes a work-from-home day. But at least, things slowing down a lot and I even managed to take a nap around noon! I can’t even remember when was the last time things has slowed down that much for me. For…
2011/02/23 – Annoucing the Geek In Finance Q&A site
If you are reading my blog right now, it goes without saying that you are interested in finance. If so, why not ask and answer some finance-related questions and help each other out? That is the thought I have when I created Geek In Finance Q&A site, if you agree with me on this, feel…
2011/02/09 – Update – what happened recently?
It has been a while since I last updated this blog. So, what has happened to me recently? First, I have passed my one year anniversary on the trading floor (*drum-rolls*), no, there is no souvenir unfortunately, just more work and more responsibility. Second, I passed my CFA Level I exam as I was hoping…
2010/11/16 – Before the opening bell
Bank of Korea raised rates by 25BP, mostly expected. Ireland PM signaled his country is willing to discuss with EU on the bailout fund. WalMart $WMT Q3 profit up by 9%, shares up 1.04% as of 8:28AM EST.
2010/11/08 – Simple story I want to tell
So…I was too a bit too busy in the past 2 days to come up with my pre-market report, but I do feel obliged to write something, and a piece of Bloomberg news just caught my attention. And before I tell you which article that is, here is a very simple story I want to…
2010/11/04 – Before the opening bell
2010/11/03 – Before the opening bell
2010/11/02-Before the Bell…
Canadian premier Stephen Harper is due to announce his decision on the BHP takeover on Potash today, Investment Canada has approved with a few strings, however investors are expecting 150-160/share price range. Feds will possibly announce second round of quantitative easing, 500b initial investment expected.