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  • Stock pick: CapitalSource Inc.

    Recently I’ve been trying to diversify my portfolio in the area of dividend stocks, while rocking the research scene I happened across CapitalSource Inc. (CSE) which looks like a good investment.

    While their business model is a little more high risk than I’d like, I think they’re a decent buy at their current price thanks to the market weakness of the past few months, plus their current dividend yield is 14.30%.

    The biggest question now is whether to buy CSE prior to their earnings report of November 6th or not. If they report weaker than expected earnings, you might be able to pick it up at a discount.

  • Minesweeper – The Movie

    If that Halo movie doesn’t come through for Microsoft, they always have Minesweeper…

  • Rate Chasing

    eTrade (along with most other banks) recently dropped their interest rates to 4.70% from 5.05%, so I set out to find a new bank to stash my money with. I’ll still do all my stock trading with eTrade, but I’ll move the bulk of my savings over to my new account.

    Enter AmTrust Direct, boasting an interest rate of 5.36% APY and the ability to transfer money to and from my current external accounts (limited to six transfers a month). It’s not the most flexible account, but its certainly not the worst. No minimum balance requirements either.
    After doing some research and finding mostly positive reviews of AmTrust Direct, I’ve decided to open an account there later this week.

  • New Entertainment Xbox on the way?

    The guys over at Smarthouse have reported a new Xbox just might be on the way:

    Microsoft, according to insiders at Toshiba owner of the HD DVD patents, claim that Microsoft is working on a brand new Xbox that will incorporate not only a new HD DVD drive but a large hard drive and new entertainment software that is a spin off from its struggling media centre offering.

    Sounds like it could be interesting. You can read the story here.

  • Week 6

    Wow, time flies when you let it (that’s the key Fred, when you let it)… it’s already almost week 7 and I haven’t even posted about week 6 yet! So without further delay, let’s get it on!

    Game of the Week

    Minnesota 34 – Chicago 31 : This was probably one of the most entertaining games I’ve seen in a very long time. It seemed that Devin Hester and Adrian Petersen were just putting on an “anything you can do I can do better” contest. Every time Hester made a big play, Adrian turned around and outdid him. It was simply a matter of who could score last, and Minnesota was able to do that.

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