Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Breakfast at Bettina's - By a Guest!
This is great! I've had this secret wish to be a journalist for a long time. I do a lot of writing, but all scientific and publishing for scientific journals so you can guess I am an astrophysicist, and those who stay at Bettina's a lot and recommended this house to me - you know where I am - with my family this time, not on business. i had to show my wife and children this house. They love the doll houses and all the toys. The kids slipped out of the room very early in the morning. At first I panicked, how do I keep them reined in here - and I almost lost it when I thought of all those antiques in every room of the house, then I heard .......... offering them a cup of hot chocolate and I knew I could go back to sleep.
Since they were playing right outside the door - one into the doll houses, the other hauling toys up to the landing from the toy room downstairs, I felt ok to sleep without worrying about them. The place was a grand mess when we finally got up and dressed. No one seemed to mind so we just left the mess because we knew it would only recur. We did clean it up before we left for home - for those of you who don't want me to ruin a good thing for you!
Breakfast was really special. Having read the Blog, I wondered about those 'stock tips'. Maybe I would be at breakfast the morning a great investor dropped a huge tip which would make us a fortune. Well I was at breakfast with a fairly heated discussion about a couple stocks. Much heat, not enough light, but I am going home to buy the one which won the battle - Ford Motor Company. A couple, who are in the stock market on a regular basis, talked about their 'investments' and they just bought Ford Motor Company. My first thought was - WHY? It just didn't sound very exciting and given all the trouble with the automobile companies who would jump in and buy one. By the end of breakfast I was quietly convinced I should put nice money into Ford. It is selling today at about $11, according to my breakfast mates. They bought Ford at about $8. I am going to buy around $11-12. Hopefully, I will make enough to pay for this trip.
Because it is a holiday - although not my holiday, our hosts put a book at each plate. That was our Christmas gift. Its great. You can't move in that house for tripping over books so it made sense that a book would be a gift. Being very comfortable since I've been here a zillion times, I had to ask if I could swap the book they gave me for one I was reading in the bedroom and of course I could, so I am going home with three books - one a first edition. My wife is horrified at my lack of manners, but I go downstairs late at night in my robe and pajamas to get hot milk, why not ask about another book? Is it possible to feel too much at home? I actually feel as though I am visiting my parents - I would say grandparents, but they are going to read this blog and I want to be welcomed back.
My wife plays the piano so she enjoyed playing on the grand piano in the house. I'm not sure the rest of us did. Later in the day we heard fantastic music coming from the piano. We were really tired and didn't go down to see who was playing. It was so nice just to listen, in bed. I know enough about music to know it was Chopin, and to know it was good, but I did fall asleep in the middle of the music.
Oh, I almost forgot. While my wife and I were sleeping the kids made playdoh - well not the real thing, but a pretty good imitation. It was the highlight of their stay and they are bringing it home with them. They made it out of flour, water and salt cooked up in a very large pot. Given our lack of an organic home and our tendency to buy all of their toys, they were really excited about this amazing experience.
Hope you enjoyed my blog. It was fun writing it. Is this payment for the books I am bringing home?
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Since they were playing right outside the door - one into the doll houses, the other hauling toys up to the landing from the toy room downstairs, I felt ok to sleep without worrying about them. The place was a grand mess when we finally got up and dressed. No one seemed to mind so we just left the mess because we knew it would only recur. We did clean it up before we left for home - for those of you who don't want me to ruin a good thing for you!
Breakfast was really special. Having read the Blog, I wondered about those 'stock tips'. Maybe I would be at breakfast the morning a great investor dropped a huge tip which would make us a fortune. Well I was at breakfast with a fairly heated discussion about a couple stocks. Much heat, not enough light, but I am going home to buy the one which won the battle - Ford Motor Company. A couple, who are in the stock market on a regular basis, talked about their 'investments' and they just bought Ford Motor Company. My first thought was - WHY? It just didn't sound very exciting and given all the trouble with the automobile companies who would jump in and buy one. By the end of breakfast I was quietly convinced I should put nice money into Ford. It is selling today at about $11, according to my breakfast mates. They bought Ford at about $8. I am going to buy around $11-12. Hopefully, I will make enough to pay for this trip.
Because it is a holiday - although not my holiday, our hosts put a book at each plate. That was our Christmas gift. Its great. You can't move in that house for tripping over books so it made sense that a book would be a gift. Being very comfortable since I've been here a zillion times, I had to ask if I could swap the book they gave me for one I was reading in the bedroom and of course I could, so I am going home with three books - one a first edition. My wife is horrified at my lack of manners, but I go downstairs late at night in my robe and pajamas to get hot milk, why not ask about another book? Is it possible to feel too much at home? I actually feel as though I am visiting my parents - I would say grandparents, but they are going to read this blog and I want to be welcomed back.
My wife plays the piano so she enjoyed playing on the grand piano in the house. I'm not sure the rest of us did. Later in the day we heard fantastic music coming from the piano. We were really tired and didn't go down to see who was playing. It was so nice just to listen, in bed. I know enough about music to know it was Chopin, and to know it was good, but I did fall asleep in the middle of the music.
Oh, I almost forgot. While my wife and I were sleeping the kids made playdoh - well not the real thing, but a pretty good imitation. It was the highlight of their stay and they are bringing it home with them. They made it out of flour, water and salt cooked up in a very large pot. Given our lack of an organic home and our tendency to buy all of their toys, they were really excited about this amazing experience.
Hope you enjoyed my blog. It was fun writing it. Is this payment for the books I am bringing home?
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Labels: Guest comments and talents, Making Connections, stock tips
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Update on 2009 Stock Tips at Breakfast!
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We received notes from guests about buying stock mentioned over breakfast when they stayed at a Bettina home. Three stocks were mentioned and we have the dates the guests purchased the stock. To keep it honest, lets take an end of the year note on what happened.
On 6/15/2009 a guest wrote about the conversation about IVAN, then selling at $1.56/share and IVN, then selling at $6.12/share. You might check out those posts for more information. This is only to bring those conversations up to date.
Today IVAN is selling for $2.86/share - the energy stock
IVN is selling for $14.63/share - the gold mining stock
On 7/21/2009 another guest wrote about a conversation around a Bettina breakfast table about SIRI. On that date SIRI was selling for $ .425/share.
Today SIRI is selling for $.5895/share - the Sirius XM Radio stock
We will keep you up to date on other stock conversations and hope the people who emailed us about their purchase of these stocks will also email us when they sell.
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We received notes from guests about buying stock mentioned over breakfast when they stayed at a Bettina home. Three stocks were mentioned and we have the dates the guests purchased the stock. To keep it honest, lets take an end of the year note on what happened.
On 6/15/2009 a guest wrote about the conversation about IVAN, then selling at $1.56/share and IVN, then selling at $6.12/share. You might check out those posts for more information. This is only to bring those conversations up to date.
Today IVAN is selling for $2.86/share - the energy stock
IVN is selling for $14.63/share - the gold mining stock
On 7/21/2009 another guest wrote about a conversation around a Bettina breakfast table about SIRI. On that date SIRI was selling for $ .425/share.
Today SIRI is selling for $.5895/share - the Sirius XM Radio stock
We will keep you up to date on other stock conversations and hope the people who emailed us about their purchase of these stocks will also email us when they sell.
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Labels: Making Connections, Reader Feedback, stock tips
Friday, September 4, 2009
Stock Information
It is great reading your blog! Keep up the good work. I especially like the variety of information. My contribution will be two stocks I bought today. One is Avanti Mining (AVNMF) and the other is Sunridge Gold (SGCNF). Hopefully, these two will do as well for your readers as the stocks you mentioned in other blogs. I bought all of the stocks from your other blogs and am very happy with my new portfolio and not a minute too soon because the stocks I bought over the past several years lost a lot of money for me. So I shall reciprocate by suggesting stocks I think might benefit your readers in return for and as a thank you for the money I made on other readers' suggestions.
Avanti Mining is a molybdenum mining stock. Your readers will have to search for the company and the molybdenum to know more about it. It costs something like $ .167 so it is really inexpensive and $100 dollars can buy almost 600 shares.
Sunridge Gold came out with a big announcement today of an investment by Antofagasta Mining putting some $10 million dollars into the company for exploration purposes. Sunridge has property in Eritrea. Antofagasta is in Chile and several other countries. Search on their name and you will learn something about the company. It was selling today for some $ .6225. It was selling a few days ago for $.45 so the investment of ten mill jumped the stock by about 25%. I think it will double shortly. It has about 4.5 million in cash on hand for exploration, this 10 million triples its cash. It should be able to do great things and the property Sunridge is exploring seems to be a company "sitting on riches."
I know you check out these suggestions after awhile. I hope I am not embarrassed when you do that. I would not want to make money on someone else's suggestions only to have mine tank! I did a lot of research on these before buying so hopefully, that helps.
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Labels: Guest comments, stock tips
Friday, August 21, 2009
A Stock Market Follow-Up
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From the blog "Stock Market Action at Breakfast".
The guest wrote about buying two stocks from a discussion around the breakfast table at a Bettina Network home. The blog is dated June 15, 2009. The stocks they talked about were IVAN and IVN. IVAN - an oil stock and IVN a gold mining stock. On the day we received their note - June 15, 2009 - IVAN was selling at $1.56/share. Today IVAN is selling at $1.39/share.
IVN, however, was selling at $6.12/share. Today IVN is selling at $9.13/share so on the whole, they did very well. We will continue to follow the stock tips we receive to keep you up to date on how good or how poor these conversations are for stocks.
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Update on Guests Stock Tip
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The Blog is entitled "A Guests' Email re Stock Tips" We will not let these stock tips go un-followed, so today we looked up SIRI and discovered it is currently selling for $ .76/share. That is an increase of $.335/share - not far from a double and today is August 21, 2009. Not bad. We don't know how much they purchased and if they sold it or kept it so we can't comment on their profit. Not bad folks.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A Guests' Email re Stock Tips
"Thanks for putting up the blog on stock tips. Otherwise I would not have written this one. Didn't think it was anything of interest to your blog readers.
At breakfast at a Bettina home we had a great conversation about the stock market and the tip I picked up was SIRI - Sirius Radio. The general consensus was that SIRI would be a great stock to own over August-September. I hope so because I bought some at $ .425 and am hoping for a quick double. I did a lot of work researching before I bought it and found it had moved from about 16 cents to over 40 cents in a few months. My concern is that it is below the $1.00 requirement of the board so it is a bit risky if it doesn't make that nice move. I also discovered that the board voted to do a reverse split only I don't know who would decide if that vote should be implemented.
I put in money I could lose so I wouldn't suggest anyone follow my actions with their serious money.
Breakfast in the Bettina home where I stayed was a great experience. It reminded me of the way private men's clubs - which I used to belong to - functioned at mealtime. In this home it was roughly equivalent to the "open table" where members would sit if they were alone at mealtime at the club. More deals were made at the open table than I could reiterate in a month of Sundays.
Thanks for such a great concept in a way to travel.
A devoted guest who will return.
correspondence dated 7/4/2009
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Stock Market Action at Breakfast
A guests response to a Bettina Breakfast
Hi Bettina People:
I stayed in one of your homes a couple months ago and enjoyed it thoroughly. The guest questionnaire is great, but I thought this note of thanks, in addition, was really needed. We had great breakfasts every morning, but one particular morning helped us financially.
We had a very lively conversation about the economy. I mentioned how much money my wife and I lost in the stock market. The immediate response was - Madoff? But no we just lost a lot of money! A great conversation ensued in which I wrote down two stocks - Ivan and Ivn - to look up when I got home. It was a hilarious conversation as well as lots of input as to what's happening in the economy.
Long story short - I didn't look up the stocks, I did buy them and they have now doubled so our trip was paid for and then some by this tip at breakfast. Wish all my days were like that. Needless to say I have become a Bettina fan. My next trip is to Washington, D. C. and I will call you to make reservations for a home in D. C. Who knows, maybe I will find another great stock tip waiting. (I know that won't happen, but it was such a shot in the arm for us after mourning for so long over our lost money and not expecting to find such a boost at a bed & breakfast.) Thanks!! Keep up the good work!!!
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