I found this sentence on a social aggregator the other day:
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The sentence is grammatically correct, but only madness would lead anyone to diagram it. Even with punctuation it’s a bit difficult for some to parse:
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Peter Lynch once said that sometimes the best stock to buy is the one you already have. That’s certainly what it looks like for me. Over the last few months, my portfolio along with the entire sectors I’ve been investing in have taken a beating. Nearly everything in it is really undervalued [...]

Last week, I encountered a dilemma of the sort that I’m really not qualified to deal with… and yet I had to. A new virus has been all over the news in Taiwan. To me, it doesn’t seem like much more than a particularly nasty flu, but a few children have already died [...]

to be filled in soon…
(06/21/08) I’ve been buried under a mountain of work, once again. I can’t even remember what, exactly, I had been planning to write in this post. The key point, though, was that Franc (AKA “Prince Roy) became my best buddy in Taiwan during the later part of his tour, [...]

To be updated once people give me my pictures…
So, I did a “walkabout” for my birthday. Basically, it was a celebration of many of the wonderful things about living in Taiwan, and a chance to hang out with some good friends. The plan was to meet up at the 鍋貼 restaurant by Yongchun [...]

I’ve been wanting to hear this for years, and Obama said it on my birthday, in my home state. What better present than civil liberties!

DENVER - Maybe it’s his background teaching constitutional law.
If elected president, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama said one of the first things he wants to do is ensure the [...]

Bill Mann, at the Motley Fool, has written an article saying that Taiwan is the place to be investing in stocks. I’ve been following Bill’s articles for years and have immense respect for both his analytical skills and his ability to dig up diamonds in the rough. The fact that his Global Gains [...]

Along with the three companies to sell, pointed out yesterday, I’ve dug up three new companies worthy of a place in the Toshuo Portfolio: Henan Zhongpin, Famous Dave’s and Exelixis.

While most the companies in the Toshuo Portfolio have what I consider to be excellent business prospects, things have deteriorated for three companies– Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Flamel Technologies, and Panera Bread.

Over the past six months, I’m not the only one who has seen the value of my investments plummet. After a 6 year bull run, the stock market was over-valued to begin with. On top of that, the housing bubble popped, poor sub-prime loan decisions have come back to haunt lenders, the national [...]