Am I Eligible to Upgrade to the iPhone 4S

I just checked ATT, trying upgrade to the iPhone 4S. I have a fat gift card at the ready, so why not?

Well, I bought my iPhone 4 in July 2010.

And the answer is...

Sure. I can get the iPhone 4S 16-gig model, as long as I sign up for a 2-year contract and pay $449 plus an $18 upgrade fee.

Hahahahah. ROTF LMAO.

I'm sure I will share that story with the Verizon store sales staff in July 2011, when I buy the latest Android phone with a 4-inch screen and 4G data service.

I guess I will use the gift card on headphones. Lots of them.

TGIF - But Market Closes Lower

The stock market eased up today but still had a nice week. Is this just a pause in the downtrend or a reverse in the market?

It's kind of sad that the market is driven by what happens in Europe everyday. I suspect that will also ease as we head into earnings season. I don't think the economic news here is horrible, but it is slower than we'd all like to see.

The October Bottom

Market seasonality has favored selling in May near a rally high, and buying in September or October, near a retest of the lows.

Did you do that this week? Did you "load the boat" with stocks?

It certainly seems as if we've retested the lows and are now back in an uptrend. Does this carry through until the end of the year or beyond?

I haven't changed my portfolio allocation, and didn't buy at the retest this week. Oops! I will watch how the market performs over the next few weeks and if we venture near the lows again, I will put the sideline cash to work and move from low beta to high beta stocks.

#110: Steve Jobs Dies; A New Bull Market?

#108: New iPhone 4S and the Stock Market Reversal

Fugly Market

Europe, Greece, or Curtis Painter, this market sucks. $SPY

What is supposed to be monthly strength is just melting away the points on the averages. Everything is ugly.

I remained positioned in some cash, low beta stuff and some oil. The QQQ and VB trade is back in the red again. Lol.

Saturday Night Randomosity

• Stocks due for a rally this week, followed by two weeks of down?  That’s what this guy says.  He says this market is lining up perfectly with the 3rd year presidential term pattern.  Got it?
• I went to a Sacramento Mountain Lions game tonight. Yeah, UFL. It was actually fun to watch, and the Omaha Nighthawks came away with a game ending field go at 2 seconds left in the 4th quarter.  The picture is of Daisy from the cheerleaders, the Lady Lions.
• You’ve heard about the Wall Street protests?  Probably not.  It’s a band of rag-tag lefties marching on Evil Capitalism.  It all has the feel of a classic street protest with one exception: It's unclear exactly what the demonstrators want.  That’s the problem.  “Economic Justice” seems to be their cause, but that means taking money away from those of you who work, and cutting these folks a bunch of checks.  Protest on, Garth.
• Oh, and the stock market is in the monthly favorable period, right?  First four days of the month stuff, right Norm Fosback?
• Bank of America is charging $5 a month for you to use your debit card for purchases.  Wells Fargo and Chase charge $3 a month, by the way.  So what’s the plan, close the accounts and go some bank that doesn’t charge the fees?
• And for those who want to invest like Warren Buffett, $BAC is now $6.12 a share.  So, you can get in now at a lower price than when the Buffett deal was announced.