The latest batch of pictures is from the second portion of our trip in Maui. We took 481 digital pictures in all plus underwater pictures and a couple hours of video while in Hawaii. I tried to pick five images that would look nice on the blog (it was very difficult to choose).

The first two images are from a beach in Kaanapali, just north of Lahaina during sunset.

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The pictures below are from the first portion of our trip in Oahu.

We stayed in Waikiki but took several day trips on the island:
Pearl Harbor
North Shore
Diamond Head
Rain Forest
Etc…

Enjoy the pictures!

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I am off to Hawaii so I will be away from the blog over the next two weeks although I know my timeshare has wireless internet and the laptop is going so we will see what happens!

I have updated some past market articles I wrote in 2005 and 2006 so I will look to quickly upload them over the next two weeks.

Aloha!

I was scheduled to participate in a stock trading contest with several market blogs but I withdrew at the last minute due to my trip to Hawaii the next two weeks.

However, I invite anyone that is interested to head on over to
Blain’s Stock Trading 101 to enter.

Blain has also invited several other blogs to participate so you can also join at their sites:

• Million Dollar Journey
• Derrich.com
• Money Matter and More Musings
• Clever Dude
• Investoid

What is the contest about?
This is a blog competition so enter your picks on the blog of your choice to allow that community to win.

To join, simply pick a stock that you think will increase the most next week ALONG WITH the predicted NASDAQ closing price on Friday April 13, 2007. Leave your answers in the comments of Blain’s post or another blog, and they will be tracked at Stock Trading 101.

There are 3 ways to win, you can have the best performing stock pick, the closest NASDAQ closing price, or the best overall community average (all of our community picks avg’d together). Know though your entry must be submitted by Sunday April 8th at 8:59 PM EST, no exceptions! Blain will go around and make a massive spreadsheet and get the first update up, so get those picks in today!

The Details

• The contest runs from Monday the 9th – Friday the 13th
• To enter simply submit via comment ONE stock pick (ticker), and what you think the Nasdaq will close at on Friday the 13th. All stock picks must be over $1 and can’t be pink sheets!
• All Entries must be in by Sunday April 8th, 8:59 PM EST
• It is one community versus the others (listed above), so you can’t submit entries on two communities, pick a side and support the fight!
• Three ways to win, top stock pick, closest Nasdaq close, or best overall community pick average.

Keep in mind: This is a short term contest so members from this community should target stocks that look ready to breakout or may have a major catalyst this week (such as earnings announcement, new product, new CEO, buyout, etc…). Good Luck

I will start by saying that I don’t know if this link is legit (it was provided by Howard Lindzon, so who knows – lol).

However, I had to make a post when I read how this fool made $139,000 trading in front of a live audience on May 13, 2006 in Las Vegas.

One problem: This guy forgot to mention that May 13, 2006 was a Saturday; so as Curtis Faith pointed out in the comments section of Howard’s blog, it must have been tough trading a closed market.

I would hope this is an April fools ad but it doesn’t look like that!

See for yourself: I made $139,000 that day

What a LOSER!